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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-ii/2654/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter II - Ascending Direct Line (§§ 2651 — 2654)›§ 2654 - Succession of ascendants to things given their descendants
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter II - Ascending Direct Line (§§ 2651 — 2654) › § 2654 - Succession of ascendants to things given their descendants
The provisions of the two preceding sections are understood without prejudice to what is prescribed in § 2366 of this title, which is applicable to intestate as well as testamentary successions. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 901.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2671/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2671 - When collaterals and spouses inherit
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2671 - When collaterals and spouses inherit
In the absence of the persons included in the three preceding subchapters, the collateral relatives and the spouses shall inherit in the order established in the following section. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 903.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2672/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2672 - Brothers and sisters of whole blood
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2672 - Brothers and sisters of whole blood
Should there be only brothers or sisters of the whole blood, they shall inherit in equal shares. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 904.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2673/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2673 - Brothers and nephews of whole blood
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2673 - Brothers and nephews of whole blood
Should brothers survive with nephews, children of brothers of the whole blood, the former shall inherit per capita and the latter per stirpes. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 905.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2674/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2674 - Brothers of whole blood and brothers of half blood
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2674 - Brothers of whole blood and brothers of half blood
Should brothers of the whole blood survive with brothers of half blood, the former shall receive a share in the inheritance double that of the latter. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 906.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2675/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2675 - Brothers of half blood only
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2675 - Brothers of half blood only
In case there are only brothers of half blood, some on the father’s and some on the mother’s side, all shall inherit equal shares without distinction of property. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 907.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2676/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2676 - Children of brothers of half blood
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2676 - Children of brothers of half blood
Children of brothers of half blood shall succeed per capita or per stirpes, according to the rules established for brothers or sisters of the whole blood. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 908.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2677/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2677 - Surviving spouse
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2677 - Surviving spouse
In default of brothers and nephews, the surviving spouse shall succeed to all the property of the decedent, whether or not the sisters and nephews be of the whole blood or the half blood. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 909.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2678/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2678 - Other collateral relatives
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2678 - Other collateral relatives
Should there be neither brothers or sisters nor children of brothers or sisters, nor a surviving spouse, the other collateral relatives shall succeed to the estate of the deceased. The succession of the latter shall follow without distinction of lines or preference among them by reason of the whole blood. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 910.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-iv/2679/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679)›§ 2679 - Extent of right to inherit ab intestato
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter IV - Succession of Collaterals and Spouses (§§ 2671 — 2679) › § 2679 - Extent of right to inherit ab intestato
The right to inherit ab intestato shall not extend beyond the sixth degree of relationship in the collateral line. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 911.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-v/2691/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter V - Right of Succession of the Commonwealth (§§ 2691 — 2693)›§ 2691 - Right of succession by Commonwealth
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter V - Right of Succession of the Commonwealth (§§ 2691 — 2693) › § 2691 - Right of succession by Commonwealth
In default of persons who have the right to inherit in accordance with the preceding subchapters, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall take the inheritance and devote the property to the benefit of the University Fund. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 912;.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-v/2692/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter V - Right of Succession of the Commonwealth (§§ 2691 — 2693)›§ 2692 - Judicial proceeding required for possession of escheated inheritances
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter V - Right of Succession of the Commonwealth (§§ 2691 — 2693) › § 2692 - Judicial proceeding required for possession of escheated inheritances
In order that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may obtain possession of escheated inheritances, it must be declared entitled by escheat and the property must be adjudicated to it in default of lawful heirs by means of a judicial proceeding. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 913;.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-225/subchapter-v/2693/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693)›Subchapter V - Right of Succession of the Commonwealth (§§ 2691 — 2693)›§ 2693 - Transfer of property of Commonwealth acquired ab intestato to University and Land Authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 225 - Order of Succession According to Diversity of Lines (§§ 2641 — 2693) › Subchapter V - Right of Succession of the Commonwealth (§§ 2691 — 2693) › § 2693 - Transfer of property of Commonwealth acquired ab intestato to University and Land Authority
The Governor of Puerto Rico is authorized and directed to execute a public instrument or deed ceding to the University of Puerto Rico all the real and personal property that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may hereafter acquire by ab intestato inheritance under the provisions of § 2691, and preceding similar sections of this title, devoted to the Permanent Fund of the University, with the exception of arable lands, which shall be transferred by the Governor, in like manner, to the Land Authority of Puerto Rico. History —May 4, 1939, No. 86, p. 492, § 2; May 5, 1945, No. 60, p. 218, § 2;.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2711/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2711 - Notice of pregnancy by widow
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2711 - Notice of pregnancy by widow
When the widow believes that she has been left pregnant, she must notify those having in the inheritance rights of such a character that they will disappear or be reduced by the birth of a posthumous child. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 914.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2712/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2712 - Measures to avoid feigned delivery or claim that issue born alive
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2712 - Measures to avoid feigned delivery or claim that issue born alive
The interested parties to which the preceding section refers shall have the right to ask from the District Judge or from the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction that proper orders be made in order to avoid a feigned delivery or to avoid the setting up of the claim that the issue is born alive when in reality it is not. The District Judge, or the part of the Court of First Instance in the proper case, shall take care that the measures which they adopt shall not offend modesty nor infringe the liberty of the widow. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 915;.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2713/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2713 - Notice of time of parturition; establishment of delivery
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2713 - Notice of time of parturition; establishment of delivery
Whether the notice referred to in § 2711 of this title has been given or not, when the time of the parturition approaches, the widow must notify the persons interested thereof. The latter shall have a right to appoint a person in whom they have confidence in order that he may ascertain the fact of the delivery. If the person designated shall be rejected by the patient, the District Judge or the Court of First Instance in the proper case shall make a nomination of a member of the medical faculty or of a woman. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 916;.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2714/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2714 - Effect of omission formalities on legitimacy; prescription of action
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2714 - Effect of omission formalities on legitimacy; prescription of action
The omission of these formalities shall not prejudice the legitimacy of the parturition, which, if impugned, may be proven by the mother or by the child legally represented. The action to impugn on the part of those having such right shall prescribe in the periods indicated in §§ 461-466 of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 917.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2715/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2715 - Notices when husband has acknowledged pregnancy
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2715 - Notices when husband has acknowledged pregnancy
When the husband has acknowledged in an instrument, either public or private, the fact of the pregnancy of his wife she shall be excused from giving the notice required by section 2711 of this title, but she must comply with the provisions of § 2713 of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 918.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2716/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2716 - Right of pregnant widow to support
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2716 - Right of pregnant widow to support
A widow who remains pregnant, even though she be rich, must be given support from the estate, taking into consideration the portion thereof which may pertain to the posthumous child, should it be born and be viable. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 919.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2717/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2717 - Administration of property until delivery or certainty there will be none
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2717 - Administration of property until delivery or certainty there will be none
In the term that intervenes until the delivery, or until it is certain whether or not there will be a delivery, either because there has been an abortion or because the maximum term of gestation has expired, provision shall be made for the security and the administration of the property, and the proper part of the Court of First Instance shall nominate a judicial administrator, with a bond to be fixed by the said court. For the administration of the property of the inheritance the widow herself shall be preferred if there is no ground or sufficient reason to the contrary in the discretion of the said court. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 920;.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-3/part-iv/chapter-227/subchapter-i/2718/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2718 - Division of inheritance suspended; payment of creditors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2718 - Division of inheritance suspended; payment of creditors
The division of the inheritance shall be suspended until the parturition or miscarriage takes place, or the lapse of time shows the widow was not pregnant. However, an administrator may pay the creditors after a judicial mandate. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 921.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719)›§ 2719 - Account of administration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter I - Precautions When Widow Remains Pregnant (§§ 2711 — 2719) › § 2719 - Account of administration
After the delivery or miscarriage has taken place, or after the period of gestation has elapsed, the administrator of the estate shall terminate his office and shall give an account of his management to the heirs or to their legal representatives. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 922.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2731 - Widower or widow contracting second marriage
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2731 - Widower or widow contracting second marriage
The widower or widow contracting a second marriage shall be obliged to set apart for the children and descendants of the former the ownership of all the property he may have acquired from the deceased spouse by will, by intestate succession, by gift, or for any other good consideration, but not his or her half of the conjugal profits. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 923.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2732 - What property included
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2732 - What property included
The provision of the preceding section is applicable to property which has been acquired for the considerations mentioned therein, by the widower or widow from any of the children of the first marriage, and to that received from the relatives of the deceased by reason of personal consideration for the same. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 924.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2733 - Termination of obligation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2733 - Termination of obligation
The obligation to set apart shall cease when the children of a marriage, of age and who may have a right to the estate, should expressly renounce it, or when things given or left by the children to their father or mother, with a knowledge that they had married a second time, are in question. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 925.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2734 - Termination of obligation—If no descendant of first marriage survives
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2734 - Termination of obligation—If no descendant of first marriage survives
The reservation shall also cease if on the death of the father or mother who contracted a second marriage no legitimate children or descendants of the first marriage survive. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 926.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2735 - Advantages or extra portions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2735 - Advantages or extra portions
Notwithstanding the obligation to set apart, the father or mother, married a second time, may grant advantages or extra portions in the property to be set apart to any of the children or descendants of the first marriage. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 927.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2736 - Succession to property to be set apart
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2736 - Succession to property to be set apart
If the father or mother should not have made use in whole or in part of the right granted him or her in the foregoing section, the legitimate children and descendants of the first marriage shall succeed to the property to be set apart in accordance with the rules prescribed for succession in the descending line, even if, by virtue of a will, he or she should have unequally inherited from the first deceased spouse or should have renounced or repudiated his or her inheritance. The child, justly disinherited by the father or by the mother, shall lose all right to the property set apart. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 928.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2737 - Alienations of real property—Before second marriage
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2737 - Alienations of real property—Before second marriage
Alienations of real property to be set apart, made by the surviving spouse before contracting a second marriage, shall be valid with the obligation to secure, from the moment of said marriage, the value of the same to the children and descendants of the first marriage. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 929.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2738 - Property to be set apart—After second marriage
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2738 - Property to be set apart—After second marriage
Alienations of real property to be set apart, which may have been made by the widower or widow after contracting a second marriage, shall be valid only if on his or her death no legitimate children or descendants of the first marriage survive, without prejudice to the provisions of the Mortgage Law, Title 30. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 930.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2739 - Alienations of personal property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2739 - Alienations of personal property
Alienations of personal property, made before or after contracting a second marriage, shall be valid, always reserving the obligation to pay an indemnity. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 931.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2740 - Inventory, recording, and appraisal of property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2740 - Inventory, recording, and appraisal of property
A widower or widow, on contracting a new marriage, shall have an inventory made of all the property subject to be set apart, enter in the registry of property that such real estate is subject to be set apart in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Law, and shall have the personal property appraised. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 932.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2741 - Security by mortgage
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2741 - Security by mortgage
A widower or widow, on remarrying, is also bound to secure by a mortgage: (1) The payment of the damages caused, or which may be caused by his or her fault or neglect. (2) The return of the sums which may have been received for the personal property alienated or the delivery of the value it had at the time of the alienation, if the latter should have been made for a good consideration. (3) The value of the real estate validly alienated. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 933.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2742 - Third and subsequent marriages
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2742 - Third and subsequent marriages
The provisions of the preceding sections for the case of a second marriage shall also be observed in third and subsequent marriages. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 934.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743)›§ 2743 - Obligation to set apart in case of subsequent natural child
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter II - Property to Be Set Apart (§§ 2731 — 2743) › § 2743 - Obligation to set apart in case of subsequent natural child
The obligation to set apart, imposed in the preceding sections, shall be applicable to the widower or widow, who, even though he or she does not contract a new marriage, may subsequently have an acknowledged natural child, or one judicially declared as such. Said obligation shall be effective from the date of the birth of said child. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 935.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2751 - Portion of person repudiating inheritance
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2751 - Portion of person repudiating inheritance
In legitimate successions the portion of the person who repudiates the inheritance shall always accrue to the coheirs. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 936.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2752 - Requirements for accretion in testamentary succession
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2752 - Requirements for accretion in testamentary succession
In order that a testamentary succession in the right of accretion may take place it is necessary: (1) That two or more persons are designated to the same inheritance or to the same portion thereof without a special designation of shares. (2) That one of the persons designated dies before the testator or renounces the inheritance or is disqualified to receive it. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 937.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2753 - Designation by portion
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2753 - Designation by portion
It shall be understood that a designation has been made by portion only in case the testator may have expressly assigned a share to each heir. The phrase “one half to each or in equal parts”, or any other which, though designating an aliquot part, should not fix it numerically or in such manner as to make each of them the owner of an estate severally, does not exclude the right of accretion. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 938.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2754 - Rights and obligations of heirs to whom inheritance accrues
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2754 - Rights and obligations of heirs to whom inheritance accrues
The heirs, to whom the inheritance accrues, shall succeed to all the rights and obligations which the one who did not wish or could not receive it would have had. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 939.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2755 - Accretion among heirs by force of law
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2755 - Accretion among heirs by force of law
Among heirs by force of law the right of accretion shall take place only when the part which can be freely disposed of is left to two or more of them, or to any one of them, and to a stranger. Should the part repudiated be the legal portion, the other co-heirs shall succeed to it in their own right, and not by the right of accretion. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 940.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2756 - Disposition of portion in absence of accretion
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2756 - Disposition of portion in absence of accretion
In testamentary successions, when the right of accretion is not proper, the rejected portion of the heir designated, for whom no substitute has been appointed, shall pass to the legal heirs of the testator who shall receive it with the same charges and obligations. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 941.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757)›§ 2757 - Accretion between legatees and usufructuaries
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter III - Right of Accretion (§§ 2751 — 2757) › § 2757 - Accretion between legatees and usufructuaries
The right of accretion shall also be proper between the legatees and the usufructuaries in the manner established for heirs. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 942.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2771 - Acceptance and repudiation as voluntary acts
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2771 - Acceptance and repudiation as voluntary acts
Acceptance and repudiation of the inheritance are acts entirely voluntary and free. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 943.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2772 - Retroactive effects
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2772 - Retroactive effects
The effects of the acceptance and repudiation shall always retroact to the moment of the death of the person whose property is inherited. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 944.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2773 - Acceptance or repudiation cannot be partial, temporary, or conditional
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2773 - Acceptance or repudiation cannot be partial, temporary, or conditional
Acceptance or repudiation of the inheritance cannot take place, either partially, for a certain period, nor conditionally. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 945.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2774 - Certainty of death and rights required
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2774 - Certainty of death and rights required
No person can accept nor repudiate an inheritance, without being certain of the death of the person from whom he is to inherit and of his rights to the inheritance. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 946.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2775 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Minors or incapacitated persons; poor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2775 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Minors or incapacitated persons; poor
Any person having the free disposal of his property may accept or repudiate an inheritance. An inheritance left to minors or incapacitated persons may be accepted in accordance with the tenure of that provided in number 10 of § 786 of this title. Should the guardian accept by himself, the acceptance shall be considered as made under benefit of inventory. The acceptance of an inheritance left to the poor shall pertain to the persons designated by the testator to classify and distribute the property, and, in their absence, to those mentioned in § 2254 of this title, and it shall also be understood as accepted under benefit of inventory. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 947.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2776 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Associations, corporations, and institutions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2776 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Associations, corporations, and institutions
The legal representatives of associations, corporations, and institutions qualified to acquire may accept the inheritance left to the same; but in order to repudiate it they require judicial approval, after hearing the prosecuting attorney. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 948.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2777 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Public official establishments
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2777 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Public official establishments
Public official establishments can neither accept nor repudiate inheritances without the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 949.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2778 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Deaf mutes
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2778 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Deaf mutes
Deaf mutes who know how to read and write shall accept or decline the inheritance in person, or by means of a representative in accordance with the law. If they do not know how to read or write, their guardian shall accept it under benefit of inventory, subject to the provisions in respect to this disability contained in § 707 of this title. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 950.
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2779 - Acceptance and repudiation irrevocable
The acceptance and repudiation of an inheritance once made are irrevocable, and cannot be impugned except when they are tainted from any of the defects which annul the consent, or when an unknown will appears. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 951.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2780 - How inheritances accepted
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2780 - How inheritances accepted
Inheritances may be accepted purely and simply or under benefit of inventory. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 952.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2781 - Pure and simple acceptances; express or implied
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2781 - Pure and simple acceptances; express or implied
Pure and simple acceptances may be express or implied. An express acceptance is one made in a public or private instrument. Implied acceptance is one made by acts which necessarily imply a wish to accept, or acts which no one should have a right to execute except in the capacity of an heir. Acts of mere preservation, or provisional administration, do not imply the acceptance of the inheritance, if, at the same time, the title and character of heir have not been assumed. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 953.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2782 - When inheritance considered accepted
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2782 - When inheritance considered accepted
An inheritance is considered as accepted: (1) When the heir sells, gives, or assigns his right to a stranger, to all his coheirs, or to one of them. (2) When the heir renounces it, even gratuitously, for the benefit of one or more of his coheirs. (3) When he renounces it for a consideration in favor of all his coheirs indiscriminately, but if this renunciation should be gratuitous, and the coheirs, in whose favor it is made, are those to whom the portion renounced must accrue, the inheritance shall not be considered as accepted. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 954.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2783 - Repudiation to prejudice of creditors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2783 - Repudiation to prejudice of creditors
Should the heir repudiate the inheritance to the prejudice of his own creditors, the latter may request the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction to authorize them to accept it in the name of the former. The acceptance shall be of benefit to the creditors only insofar as it covers the amount of their credits. The excess, should there be any, shall not belong in any case to the renouncer, but shall be awarded to the persons to whom, according to the rules of this Code, it may pertain. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 955;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2784 - Heirs taking or concealing property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2784 - Heirs taking or concealing property
The heirs who have taken or concealed any property of the inheritance lose the right to renounce it and retain only the character of pure and simple heirs without prejudice to the penalties which they may have incurred. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 956.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2785 - Liability of heir for charges
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2785 - Liability of heir for charges
Through an acceptance, pure and simple, or without benefit of inventory, the heir shall be liable for the charges on the estate, not only with the property of the same, but also with his own. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 957.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2786 - Action to compel acceptance or repudiation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2786 - Action to compel acceptance or repudiation
No action can be instituted against the heir to compel him to accept or repudiate it until nine days have elapsed from the death of the person whose inheritance is in question. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 958.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2787 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Period for declaration of intention
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2787 - Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Period for declaration of intention
Should a third person in interest institute a suit to compel the heir to accept or to repudiate the inheritance, the Court of First Instance shall fix a period for the latter, not exceeding thirty days, within which he shall declare his intention, warning him that should he not do so the inheritance shall be considered as accepted. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 959;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2788 - Death of heir without accepting or repudiating
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2788 - Death of heir without accepting or repudiating
Upon the death of the heir, without having accepted or repudiated the inheritance, the rights he may have had are transmitted to his heirs. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 960.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2789 - Acceptance or repudiation where there are several heirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2789 - Acceptance or repudiation where there are several heirs
Should there be several heirs designated to an inheritance, some of them may accept and some repudiate it. Every one of the heirs shall enjoy the same liberty to accept it purely and simply, or under benefit of inventory. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 961.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2790 - How repudiation made
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2790 - How repudiation made
The repudiation of an inheritance shall be made in a public or authentic instrument, or in writing presented to the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction in testamentary or intestate proceedings. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 962;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791)›§ 2791 - Person inheriting by will and ab intestato
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2791 - Person inheriting by will and ab intestato
Any person designated to an inheritance by a will and ab intestato and who repudiates it in the first capacity is considered as having repudiated in both characters. Should he repudiate it as an intestate heir and without having knowledge of his testamentary character, he may yet accept it in the latter capacity. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 963.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2801 - Acceptance under benefit of inventory and right to deliberate
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2801 - Acceptance under benefit of inventory and right to deliberate
Every heir may accept an inheritance under benefit of inventory, even though the testator should have forbidden it. He may also request the making of the inventory before accepting or repudiating the inheritance, in order to deliberate on this point. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 964.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2802 - How made
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2802 - How made
The acceptance of the inheritance, under the benefit of inventory, may be made before a notary or in a writing before the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction in testamentary or intestate proceedings. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 965;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2803 - When heir is abroad
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2803 - When heir is abroad
Should the heir referred to in the preceding section be abroad, he may make said declaration before a diplomatic or consular agent of the United States, who may be authorized to discharge the duties of a notary in the place of execution. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 966.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2804 - Inventory required
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2804 - Inventory required
The declaration referred to in the preceding sections shall not produce any effect whatsoever unless it be preceded or followed by a true and exact inventory of all the property of the estate, made with the formalities and within the periods fixed in the following sections. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 967.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2805 - Time for requesting benefit of inventory—-Heir in possession of property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2805 - Time for requesting benefit of inventory—-Heir in possession of property
An heir who may have in his possession the property of the estate or a part thereof, and who may wish to make use of the benefit of inventory or of the right to deliberate, shall state this to the part of the Court of First Instance of competent jurisdiction in testamentary or intestate proceedings, within ten days following that on which he has become aware that he is such an heir, if he resides in the place where the deceased may have died. If he resides outside of it the period shall be thirty days. In either case the heir must request, at the same time, the making of the inventory and the citation of the Creditors and legatees in order that they may be present thereat if they wish to. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 968;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2806 - Benefit of inventory and right to deliberate—Heir not in possession
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2806 - Benefit of inventory and right to deliberate—Heir not in possession
If the heir should not have in his possession the inheritance or a part of it, or has not taken any steps as such heir, the periods fixed in the preceding section shall be counted from the day following that on which the period fixed by the Court of First Instance for accepting or repudiating the inheritance expires, in accordance with § 2787 of this title, or from the day on which he may have accepted it or has acted as heir. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 969;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2807 - Benefit of inventory and right to deliberate—While action to claim inheritance does not pre...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2807 - Benefit of inventory and right to deliberate—While action to claim inheritance does not prescribe
With the exception of the cases referred to in the two preceding sections, if no action should have been brought against the heir, he may accept, under the benefit of inventory, or with the right to deliberate while the action to claim the inheritance does not prescribe. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 970.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2808 - Time for beginning and completing inventory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2808 - Time for beginning and completing inventory
An inventory shall be begun within the thirty days following the citation of the creditors and legatees and shall be finished within sixty days more. If, by reason of the property being situated at a long distance, or being very valuable, or for any other sufficient cause, said sixty days should appear insufficient, the Court of First Instance may extend this period for such a time as it may deem necessary, which cannot exceed one year. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 971;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2809 - Failure to begin or finish inventory through fault of heir
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2809 - Failure to begin or finish inventory through fault of heir
If by the fault or negligence of the heir the inventory is not begun or finished within the periods, and with the formalities prescribed in the preceding sections, it shall be understood that he accepts the inheritance purely and simply. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 972.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2810 - Time for deliberation after inventory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2810 - Time for deliberation after inventory
An heir, who should have reserved to himself the right to deliberate, must state to the court having jurisdiction, within thirty days, counted from the day following that on which the inventory has been concluded, whether he accepts or repudiates the inheritance. If said thirty days have elapsed without said statement being made it shall be understood that he accepts it purely and simply. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 973.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2811 - Administration during inventory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2811 - Administration during inventory
In every case the Court of First Instance may provide on the petition of the interested party during the formation of the inventory until the acceptance of the inheritance, for the administration and custody of the estate for that purpose, an administrator with the necessary legal capacity who shall present a bond to be fixed by the court. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 974;.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2812 - Claim of inheritance in possession of another
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2812 - Claim of inheritance in possession of another
A person who judicially claims an inheritance, which another has had in his possession for more than one year and who should win the suit, shall not be obliged to make an inventory in order to enjoy said benefit, and he shall be liable for the charges on the estate only with the property which may have been delivered to him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 975.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2813 - When inventory benefits substitutes and intestate heirs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2813 - When inventory benefits substitutes and intestate heirs
The inventory made by the heir, who afterwards repudiates the inheritance, shall benefit the substitutes and the intestate heirs, with regard to whom the thirty days for deliberation and in which to make the statement prescribed by § 2810 of this title shall be counted from the day following that on which they received notice of the repudiation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 976.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2814 - Effect of benefit of inventory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2814 - Effect of benefit of inventory
The benefit of inventory produces the following effects in favor of the heir: (1) The heir shall not be bound to pay the debts and other charges on the inheritance except insofar as the property of the same may go. (2) He retains against the estate all the rights and actions which he may have had against the deceased. (3) His private property shall not be confused for any purpose whatsoever, to his injury, with the property belonging to the estate. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 977.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2815 - Loss of benefit of inventory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2815 - Loss of benefit of inventory
The heir shall lose the benefit of inventory: (1) If having knowledge thereof he fails to include in the inventory any of the property, rights, or actions of the inheritance. (2) If before concluding the liquidation of the debts and legacies he should alienate any property of the estate without judicial authorization, or that of all the persons interested, or if he should not apply the value of what is sold in the manner specified at the time the authorization was granted him. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 978.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2816 - Payment of legacies pending inventory and deliberation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2816 - Payment of legacies pending inventory and deliberation
During the making of the inventory and the period granted for deliberating the legatees cannot demand the payment of their legacies. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 979.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2817 - When estate under administration; powers of administrator
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2817 - When estate under administration; powers of administrator
Until all the known creditors and the legatees have been paid, it shall be understood that the estate is under administration. The administrator, whether it be the heir himself or any other person, shall have, as such, the representation of the estate to exercise all the actions pertaining thereto, and answer all complaints instituted against the same. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 980.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2818 - Payment of creditors before legacies
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2818 - Payment of creditors before legacies
The administrator cannot pay the legacies until he has paid all the creditors. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 981.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2819 - Order of payment of creditors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2819 - Order of payment of creditors
Should there be a pending suit among the creditors with regard to the preference of their credits, they shall be paid in the order and according to the degree fixed by the final judgment of graduation. Should no suit be pending among the creditors, those presenting themselves first shall be paid first; but should it appear that one of the known credits is preferred, the payment shall not be made without previous security being given in favor of the creditor having a better right. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 982.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2820 - Creditors appearing after payment of legacies
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2820 - Creditors appearing after payment of legacies
If after the legacies are paid other creditors should appear, the latter shall have a right to make claims against the legatees only in case sufficient property should not remain to pay them. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 983.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2821 - Sale of hereditary estate
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2821 - Sale of hereditary estate
If for the payment of credits and legacies the sale of the hereditary estate should be necessary, it shall take place in the manner established by the law of civil procedure with regard to intestate and testamentary proceedings, unless all the heirs, creditors, and legatees come to a different agreement. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 984.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2822 - Account of administration; liability of administrator
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2822 - Account of administration; liability of administrator
If the hereditary estate should not be sufficient for the payment of the debts and legacies, the administrator shall render an account of his administration to the creditors and legatees who have not been paid in full, and he shall be liable for the damages caused the estate through his fault or negligence. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 985.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2823 - Rights of heirs after payment of debts and legacies; account of administrator other than he...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2823 - Rights of heirs after payment of debts and legacies; account of administrator other than heir
After the creditors and legatees are paid, the heirs shall have the full enjoyment of the remainder of the estate. Should the estate have been administered by another person, he shall give an account of his administration to the heir, under the liability imposed by the preceding section. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 986.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2824 - Expenses of inventory, administration, and deliberation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2824 - Expenses of inventory, administration, and deliberation
The cost of the inventory and the other expenses arising from the administration of the inheritance, accepted under the benefit of inventory, and the defense of its rights, shall be charged to the said estate. The costs which the heir may have been personally adjudged to pay by reason of his deceit or bad faith are excepted. The same shall be understood with regard to the costs arising from making use of the right to deliberate, if the heir repudiates the inheritance. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 987.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825)›Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825)›§ 2825 - Private creditors of heir
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2825 - Private creditors of heir
The private Creditors of the heir cannot interfere with the operations of the estate, accepted by the latter under benefit of inventory, until the Creditors of the same and the legatees have been paid; but they may demand the retention of the attachment of the remainder which may be left the heir. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 988.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2841 - Property received during life of deceased subject to collation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2841 - Property received during life of deceased subject to collation
An heir by force of law surviving with others of the same character to a succession must bring into the hereditary estate the property or securities he may have received from the deceased during the life of the same, by way of dowry, gift, or for any good consideration, in order to compute it in fixing the legal portions and in the account of the division. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 989.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2842 - When collation does not take place
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2842 - When collation does not take place
Collation shall not take place among heirs by force of law if the donor should have so expressly ordered, or if the donee should repudiate the inheritance, excepting the case in which the gift is to be reduced by reason of illegality. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 990.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2843 - Property left by will
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2843 - Property left by will
What is left by will is not subject to collation, if the testator did not order otherwise, the legal portions in any case being reserved. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 991.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2844 - Grandchildren inheriting in representation of parents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2844 - Grandchildren inheriting in representation of parents
When grandchildren inherit from their grandparents in representation of their parents, surviving with their uncles or cousins, they shall bring to collation all that their parents, if alive, would have been required to bring, even though they may not have inherited it. They shall also bring to collation whatever they may have received from the testator during his life, unless the testator has disposed otherwise, in which case his will must be respected should it not prejudice the legal portion of the coheirs. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 992.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2845 - Gifts to grandchildren
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2845 - Gifts to grandchildren
Parents are not obliged to bring to collation in the inheritance of their ascendants what may have been bestowed as a gift by the latter to their children. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 993.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2846 - Gifts to spouse of child
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2846 - Gifts to spouse of child
Neither shall the gifts bestowed upon the spouse of the child be brought to collation, but should they have been made by the parent to both of them conjointly, the child shall be obliged to bring to collation one half of the thing bestowed as a gift. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 994.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2847 - Expenses for support, education, etc
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2847 - Expenses for support, education, etc
Expenses for support, education, for sickness, even though they be extraordinary, apprenticeship, ordinary equipment, or usual presents are not subject to collation. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 995.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2848 - Expenses for professional or artistic career for children
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2848 - Expenses for professional or artistic career for children
Expenses which may have been incurred by the parents in giving their children a professional or artistic career shall not be brought to collation unless the parent so orders or should they prejudice the legal portion; but when it is legal to bring them to collation, the sum which the child would have spent, if it had lived in the house and company of its parents, shall be deducted therefrom. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 996.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2849 - Amounts paid by father for son’s debts, etc
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2849 - Amounts paid by father for son’s debts, etc
Amounts paid by the father to pay bonds for the son, to pay his debts, to obtain for him a lucrative title or one of honor, or other similar expenses, shall be treated as advances. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 997.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2850 - Wedding presents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2850 - Wedding presents
Wedding presents, consisting of jewels, clothing, and outfit, shall not be reduced as illegal except insofar as they exceed one tenth or more of the sum which can be disposed of by will. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 998.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2851 - Things bestowed as gifts or dowry
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2851 - Things bestowed as gifts or dowry
The same things bestowed as a gift or given in dowry need not be brought to collation and division, but only the value they had at the time of the gift or dowry, even though they should not have been appraised at the time. Their subsequent increase or impairment and even their total loss, either casually or culpably, shall be for the account and risk or for the benefit of the donee. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 999.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936)›PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936)›Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936)›Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856)›§ 2852 - Things bestowed as gifts or dowry—By one or both spouses
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2852 - Things bestowed as gifts or dowry—By one or both spouses
A dowry or gift, made by both spouses, shall be brought to collation in equal parts in the inheritance of each one of them. That made by one alone shall be brought to collation in his or her inheritance. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1000.