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Article 424

Des Successions irrégulières

Succession Law
Titre XV: Des Successions (On Successions)
Chapitre IV: Des Successions irrégulières (On Irregular Successions)

Les enfans naturels ne sont point héritiers; la loi ne leur accorde de droit sur les biens de leur père ou mère décédés, que lorsqu'ils ont été légalement reconnus. La loi ne leur accorde aucun droit sur les biens des parens de leurs père et mère.

Life lesson: Natural children are not heirs by right — only legal recognition gives them a claim on their parents' estate. And they have no claim whatsoever on their parents' relatives.
Notes: Natural children's status: not heirs (pas héritiers). Rights conditioned on legal recognition (reconnaissance légale). No succession rights to parents' relatives. Irregular succession only. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 756.
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