{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:787","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Unforeseen Circumstances and Legacy or Charge","number":"787","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/787/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III - SUCCESSIONS","title":"TITLE I. - DEVOLUTION OF SUCCESSIONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Wills","section":"Section 2. - Content and Interpretation of Wills","paragraph":"Paragraph 4. - Charges."},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Upon the demand of an heir or legatee, burdened with a charge, or upon the demand of the beneficiary, the Court may modify the effects of a legacy or charge on the basis of unforeseen circumstances after the deceased which are of such a nature that according to criteria of reasonableness and equity, parties may not expect that the will be maintained in an unmodified form","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/787/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":217,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/217/?article=787&paragraph=lead#article-787-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}