Chapter II Testamentary Succession

Question 1

What is A will?

Answer 1

Article 783 A will is an act whereby a person is permitted, with the formalities prescribed by law, to control to a certain degree the disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death.

Question 2

Article 784

Answer 2

The making of a will is a strictly personal act; it cannot be left in whole or in part to the discretion of a third person, or accomplished through the instrumentality of an agent or an attorney.

Question 3

Article 785

Answer 3

The duration of efficacy of the designation of heirs, devisees or legatees, or the determination of the portions which they are to take, when referred to by name, cannot be left to the discretion of a third person.

Question 4

Article 786

Answer 4

The testator may entrust to a third person the distribution of specific property or sums of money that he may leave in general to specified classes or causes, and also the designation of the persons, institutions or establishments to which such property or sums are given or applied.

Question 5

Article 787

Answer 5

The testator may not make a testamentary disposition in such manner that another person has to determine whether or not it is to be operative.