Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 728
Representation
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Descendants of a child, brother, sister, grandparent or great-grandparent are called by representation.
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Those who inherit by representation will be called to the succession per stripes to the share of the person whom they substitute.
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Representation is applied to predeceased heirs, not to heirs who are unworthy, who have been disinherited, who renounce the succession or who do not have a bond of legal relationship with the deceased.
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