Miscellaneous rules of inheritance

Inheritance by the husband and the wife

2779. If a woman dies without any children, 1/2 of her property is inherited by her husband, and the remaining 1/2 is given to her other heirs. If she has children from that or another husband, her husband will get 1/4th of the estate, and the remaining part will be inherited by her other heirs.

Inheritance of the third group

2764. The third group of heirs consists of paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, maternal aunt and their children. As mentioned above, the persons constituting this group inherit when none of the persons belonging to the first two categories is present.

Inheritance of the second group

2749. The second group of persons, which inherits on the basis of relationship, consists of grandfather, grandmother, brothers and sisters and, if the dead person does not have brothers and sisters, their children inherit the estate.

Inheritance of the first group

Inheritance

2737. There are three groups of persons who inherit from a dead person, on the basis of relationship: