Workbook1 Flashcards
Successions
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universal successor
the universal successor represents the deceased and succeeds to all of his rights and charges, includes heirs, universal legatees and general legatees
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particular successor
succeeds only to certain rights relating to a thing sold, ceded or bequeathed to him, includes buyers or donees of a particular thing, recipients of a particular legacy in a will or transferees of particular things
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testate succession
when the decedent dies with a testament (will) in the valid form
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intestate succession
when a decedent dies without a will (testament), when the will is invalid either in whole or in part or when the will does not dispose of all of the decedent’s property
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heirs
those succeeding intestate
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legatees
those succeeding testate, recipients of legacies
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applicable law
the applicable law of successions is the law in effect at the date of the death of the decedent
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conflicts of laws, movables
succession (testate and intestate) to movables is governed by the laws of the state in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of his death
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conflicts of laws, immovables
succession (testate and intestate) to immovables situated IN Louisiana is governed by the laws of Louisiana HOWEVA succession to immovables situated OUTSIDE of Louisiana is governed by the laws of the state that would be applied by the courts of the state in which the immovable is located
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three ways for a successor to inherit
(1) in his own right
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capacity to inherit
to inherit one needs to be in existence at the time of the decedent’s death, this includes children conceived before the time of death and then later born alive, age and mental capacity are irrelevant, special exception for children conceived posthumously with frozen sperm
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conflict of laws on capacity to inherit
the capacity of an heir or legatee to inherit is determined under the law of the state in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of his death
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classes of heirs
in order of right to inherit in intestacy, any members of higher class inherit to exclusion of all other heirs
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counting degrees
for intestate successions, count up to the closest common ancestor then for collaterals count back down to the collateral, relative by closest (fewest) degree takes to exclusion of all others, collateral heirs of the same degree share equally and by heads
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father’s inheritance rights from child in intestacy
*a father has the right to inherit as an ascendant when (1) he enjoys a presumption of paternity as husband of the mother (2) enjoys presumption of paternity as husband of mother and formal acknowledgement of the child that is not rebutted
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ascendant’s right to inherit immovables aka reversion
*an ascendant has the right to the exclusion of all others to inherit immovables he donated inter vivos to the descendant who dies without posterity (ie without kids)
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half-blooded siblings
if there are half blooded siblings the property is divded equally between the paternal and maternal lines, those who share both parents with the deceased sibling take in both lines, half-blooded siblings only take from their respective lines
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surviving ascendants of the same degree
surviving ascendants of the same degree divide the estate by roots with one half going to maternal root and the other going to the paternal root
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representation in ascending line
no representation in ascending line
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representation
a fiction of the law the effect of which is to put the person representing in the place, degree and rights of the person represented
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representation in direct lines
representation in direct lines takes place ad infinitum, it is permitted in all cases, whether the children of the deceased concur with the children of the predeceased child or whether, all the children having died before him, the descendants of the children be in equal or unequal degrees of relationship to the deceased
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representation in collateral line
representation along the collateral line is permitted in favor of the children and descendants of the brother and sister of the deceased NOT FOR OTHER COLLATERALS
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basis of partition in cases of representation
in all cases of representation the partition is made by roots, if a root has made multiple branches then those branches also partition by roots and members of the same root/branch take by heads
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representation of decedent whose succession was renounced
an heir who renounces his right to succeed to a decedent may still enjoy the right of representation in relation to that decedent