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Article 904 of the French Civil Code

A minor who has reached the age of sixteen and is not emancipated may dispose only by will, and only up to the amount of half of the property which the law allows an adult to dispose of.

However, if he is called up for a campaign of war, he may, for the duration of hostilities, dispose of the same share as if he were of full age, in favour of any one of his parents or of several of them and up to and including the sixth degree, or in favour of his surviving spouse.

In the absence of parents up to and including the sixth degree, the minor may dispose as an adult would.

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Article 904

Le mineur, parvenu à l’âge de seize ans et non émancipé, ne pourra disposer que par testament, et jusqu’à concurrence seulement de la moitié des biens dont la loi permet au majeur de disposer.

Toutefois, s’il est appelé sous les drapeaux pour une campagne de guerre, il pourra, pendant la durée des hostilités, disposer de la même quotité que s’il était majeur, en faveur de l’un quelconque de ses parents ou de plusieurs d’entre eux et jusqu’au sixième degré inclusivement ou encore en faveur de son conjoint survivant.

A défaut de parents au sixième degré inclusivement, le mineur pourra disposer comme le ferait un majeur.

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