{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:846","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Death of Heir Before Opting","number":"846","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/846/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III - SUCCESSIONS","title":"TITLE II. LIQUIDATION OF SUCCESSIONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Final Determination of the Persons Entitled to the Succession","section":"Section 2. - Option of Heirs and Legatees by Universal Title","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where the heir who is called dies before having made a choice, the right to choose shall devolve on his heirs.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/846/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":232,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/232/?article=846&paragraph=lead#article-846-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."}