French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion of usufruct
Article 759-1
The conversion option is not subject to renunciation. Co-heirs cannot be deprived of it by the will of the predeceased.
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The conversion option is not subject to renunciation. Co-heirs cannot be deprived of it by the will of the predeceased.
The affirmation contained in the deed of notoriety does not, of itself, imply acceptance of the succession.
The children of the unworthy are not excluded by the fault of their author, either if they come to the succession in their own right or if they come to it by the effect of representation; but the unwo…
…xercise a right of reversion, up to the proportional shares fixed in the first paragraph of Article 738, on the property that the deceased had received from them by gift. The value of the portion of t…
The spouse is deemed to have opted for the usufruct if he or she dies without having taken part.
The spouse has one year from the date of death to express his or her wish to benefit from these rights of habitation and use.
Where the succession has been accepted by one or more heirs purely and simply and by one or more others to the extent of the net assets, the rules applicable to the latter option are binding on all th…
Each year and at the end of the mandate, the mandatary shall render an account of his management to the interested heirs or their representatives and inform them of all acts performed. Failing this, j…
At the request of any interested person or the Public Prosecutor, the judge may relieve the estate agent of his mission in the event of a clear breach in the exercise thereof. He will then appoint ano…
The president of the court may also prohibit the removal of tangible movables except to specify those whose personal use he assigns to one or other of the beneficiaries, on condition that they give se…
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