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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 814

Where the succession has been accepted by at least one heir, either purely and simply or up to the amount of the net assets, the judge who appoints the successoral mandatary pursuant to articles 813-1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Agents appointed by agreement.

Article 813

The heirs may, by mutual agreement, entrust the administration of the estate to one of them or to a third party. The mandate is governed by articles 1984 to 2010. When at least one heir has accepted t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 834

The beneficiary of the preferential allotment does not become the sole owner of the property allotted until the day of the final partition. Until that date, he may renounce the allotment only where th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 865

Except where it relates to undivided property, the claim is not payable until the end of the partition operations. However, the debtor heir may decide at any time to pay it voluntarily.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 818

The claim is brought either by a writ of summons or by a petition delivered or addressed jointly by the parties. The claim may also be brought by a petition where the amount of the claim does not exce…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 817

Where the parties are exempted from constituting a lawyer in accordance with the provisions of Article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 826

Equality in partition is equality in value. Each co-divider receives property for a value equal to that of his rights in the undivided property. If lots are drawn, as many lots as are necessary are fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 817

A person who is undivided as to enjoyment may request the division of the undivided usufruct by way of segregation on a property or, if this is not possible, by way of licitation of the usufruct. Wher…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 828

Where the debtor of a balancing payment has obtained deferred payment and, as a result of economic circumstances, the value of the property due to him has increased or decreased by more than one quart…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 820

At the request of an undivided co-owner, the court may stay the partition for up to two years if its immediate completion is likely to affect the value of the undivided property or if one of the undiv…

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