Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 811

811. (1) Saving the provisions of article 815, children or other descendants succeed to their pare nts or other ascendants withou t distinction of sex, and whether they are born or conceived in marriage or otherwise and whether they are of the same or of different marriages. (2) They succeed per capita w h e n t h e y a r e a l l i n t h e f i r s t degree; they succeed per stirpes when all, or some of them, take by representation. § II. OF SUCCESSION BY ASCENDANTS AND COLLATERALS When deceased leaves no descendants nor a spouse. Substituted by: XVIII.2004.86.