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Acceptance and Repudiation of the Inheritance

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  1. Under Article 1041, what is the character of acceptance or repudiation of an inheritance?
  2. To which moment do the effects of acceptance or repudiation retroact under Article 1042?
  3. Which form of acceptance does Article 1049 recognize?
  4. A guardian wishes to repudiate an inheritance left to a minor ward. What does Article 1044 require for that repudiation?
  5. An heir merely protects estate property from rain without assuming the title or capacity of an heir. Under Article 1049…
  6. After the decedent's death, an heir repudiates an inheritance to the prejudice of the heir's creditors. The creditors o…
  7. An heir dies after the decedent without having accepted or repudiated the inheritance. The heir's successors argue that…
  8. An adult heir with free disposal of property signs a private document expressly accepting an inheritance after becoming…
  9. A person merely announces an intended repudiation in an ordinary private conversation. No public or authentic instrumen…
  10. An heir validly accepts an inheritance and later wants to reverse the decision merely because of a change of mind. No v…
  11. Under 1050(1), what effect does an heir’s sale of the hereditary right to a stranger have?
  12. What does 1050(2) provide for gratuitous renunciation favoring one or more selected co-heirs?