Article 860

The rules on Co-ownership apply on the internal and external relations of the heirs, subject to particular rules provided in this Title.

In case not all heirs act as liquidators, these heirs are represented by the liquidators. A liquidator may represent other liquidators according to Article 819. A liquidator is entitled to performs acts of management, such as:

to institute all the actions necessary for the preservation of the property of the succession;

to contest actions instituted by third parties who claim to have rights to the property of the succession;

to demand payment of what is due to the succession if the debts are exigible; and

to give acquittance for such debts.