Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 863
863. (1) In intestate successions, the share of the person
renouncing accrues to his co-heirs.
(2) If the person renouncing is the sole heir, the succession
devolves upon the person next in degree.
No person may
take as
representative of
person renouncing.
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