Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 1673

Representative of the Family

In the absence of any applicable local custom, the following are alone considered as qualified to represent the family:

(a)

the victim’s husband or wife;

(b)

failing such or where he or she is incapable, the victim’s eldest child who is capable under the law;

(c)

failing such or where he or she is incapable, the victim’s father or mother; or

(d)

failing such or where she is incapable, the eldest of the victim’s brothers or sisters who is capable under the law.

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