Descendants of a child, brother, sister, grandparent or great-grandparent are called by representation.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 728
Representation · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Those who inherit by representation will be called to the succession per stripes to the share of the person whom they substitute.
Representation is applied to predeceased heirs, not to heirs who are unworthy, who have been disinherited, who renounce the succession or who do not have a bond of legal relationship with the deceased.