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Article 396

Des Qualités requises pour Succéder

Succession Law
Titre XV: Des Successions (On Successions)
Chapitre II: Des Qualités requises pour Succéder (On the Qualifications Required to Inherit)

Les enfans de l'indigne ne sont pas exclus pour la faute de leur père, s'ils succèdent de leur chef, et sans le secours de la représentation; mais le père ne pourra, en aucun cas, réclamer sur ces biens, l'usufruit que la loi accorde aux pères et mères sur les biens de leurs enfans.

Life lesson: The sins of the father do not bar the children — they may inherit in their own right. But the unworthy father loses his parental usufruct over their inheritance.
Notes: Children of unworthy heir: not excluded if inheriting in own right (without representation). But unworthy parent forfeits legal usufruct over children's inherited property. Punishment stays personal. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 730.
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