Civil Code Article 1188Jan. 20, 2021

The provisions of Article 1145 concerning the forfeiture of the right to inheritance apply to legatees mutatis mutandis.

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Civil Code Article 1145Jan. 20, 2021

A person shall forfeit his right to inherit in any of the following events:
(1) Where he has been sentenced to criminal penalty for having intentionally caused or attempted the death of the deceased or of a person entitled to inherit;
(2) Where he has, by fraud or by duress, induced the deceased to make, withdraw or alter a will relating to inheritance;
(3) Where he has, by fraud or by duress, prevented the deceased from making, withdrawing or altering a will relating to inheritance;
(4) Where he has forged, altered, concealed or destroyed the deceased's will relating to inheritance;
(5) Where he seriously ill-treated or insulted the deceased and has been forbidden to inherit by the deceased.
If, in the cases provided by Subparagraphs 2 to 4 of the preceding Paragraph, the deceased has forgiven the offender, his right to inherit is reassumed.

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