In the absence of any applicable local custom, the following are alone considered as qualified to represent the family:
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1673
Representative of the Family · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
the victim’s husband or wife;
failing such or where he or she is incapable, the victim’s eldest child who is capable under the law;
failing such or where he or she is incapable, the victim’s father or mother; or
failing such or where she is incapable, the eldest of the victim’s brothers or sisters who is capable under the law.