PARTITION OF SUCCESSIONS CHAPTER I RIGHT TO PARTITION 836. Partition may not take place or be applied for before the liquidation is terminated. 837. The testator, for a serious and legitimate reason, may order partition wholly or partly deferred for a limited time. He may also order it deferred if, to carry out his intentions […]
LIQUIDATION OF SUCCESSIONS CHAPTER I OBJECT OF LIQUIDATION AND SEPARATION OF PATRIMONIES 776. The liquidation of an intestate or testate succession consists in identifying and calling in the successors, determining the content of the succession, recovering the claims, paying the debts of the succession, whether these be debts of the deceased, charges on the succession […]
WILLS CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF WILLS 703. Every person having the required capacity may, by will, provide otherwise than as by law for the devolution upon his death of the whole or part of his property. 704. A will is a unilateral and revocable juridical act drawn up in one of the forms provided […]
LEGAL DEVOLUTION OF SUCCESSIONS CHAPTER I HEIRSHIP 653. Unless otherwise provided by testamentary provisions, a succession devolves to the surviving married or civil union spouse and relatives of the deceased, in the order and according to the rules provided in this Title. Where there is no heir, it falls to the State. 654. The surviving […]
Quebec follows civil law, where the rules of law are written out in detail, which differs from the common law followed in other jurisdictions in Canada. This results in answers that are much more detailed and specific than you will find in other provinces and territories, as they are written out explicitly in the governing […]
