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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-8

After receiving the account, the judge authorises the curator to proceed with the realisation of the remaining assets. The proposed realisation is notified to the known heirs. If they are still within…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-8

Anyone who receives income or incurs expenses on behalf of the undivided interest must keep a statement thereof which is available to the undivided co-owners.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-9

Each undivided co-owner may use and enjoy the undivided property in accordance with its intended purpose, to the extent compatible with the rights of the other undivided co-owners and with the effect…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

The provisions of articles 815 to 815-17 are applicable to undivided interests in usufruct insofar as they are compatible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-4

The mandate terminates by one of the following events: 1° The arrival of the stipulated term; 2° The renunciation of the mandatary; 3° The judicial revocation, at the request of an interested heir or…

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

Article 813-1

The judge may appoint any qualified person, natural or legal, as a mandatary of the succession, for the purpose of temporarily administering the succession due to the inertia, failure or fault of one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-6

The President of the Judicial Court may prescribe or authorise any urgent measures required by the common interest.He may, in particular, authorise an undivided co-owner to collect from the debtors of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-11

Any undivided co-owner may claim his annual share of the profits, after deduction of the expenses incurred by the acts to which he has consented or which are enforceable against him.In the absence of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-12

An undivided co-owner who manages one or more undivided assets is liable for the net proceeds of his management. He or she shall be entitled to remuneration for his or her activity under the condition…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-15

If all or part of an undivided co-owner's rights in the undivided property or in one or more of these properties are to be sold by auction, the lawyer or notary must inform the undivided co-owners by…

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