French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.
Article 736
…leaves no posterity, brothers, sisters or descendants of the latter, his father and mother succeed to him, each for half.
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…leaves no posterity, brothers, sisters or descendants of the latter, his father and mother succeed to him, each for half.
In the absence of an heir of the first three orders, the succession devolves to the collateral relatives of the deceased other than brothers and sisters and the descendants of the latter.
In the absence of a spouse entitled to inherit, the parents are called upon to succeed as follows: 1° Children and their descendants; 2° Father and mother; brothers and sisters and the descendants of…
…ceased leaves no descendants, the brothers and sisters of the deceased or their descendants succeed to the deceased, to the exclusion of other parents, ascendants or collateral relatives.
In the absence of an heir of the first two orders, the succession devolves to ascendants other than the father and mother.
…as no descendants but brothers and sisters or their descendants, one quarter of the estate devolves to each of the father and mother and the remaining half to the brothers and sisters or their descend…
Children or their descendants succeed to their father and mother or other ascendants, without distinction as to sex or primogeniture, even if they come from different unions.
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