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Legal successions (in the absence of a will)

According to the law, a succession is said to be “legal” if, after all searches have been conducted further to the death, you find that the deceased

did not leave a will;
died before the age of 18 and left property of little value;
died without a surviving spouse clause in a marriage contract or civil union contract;
left an invalid (not legally recognized) will;
left a will that covers only a portion of the assets.

Note

See the table indicating how an inheritance must be distributed in the absence of a will, posted on the Website of the ministère de la Justice.