Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, legacies, whether by universal or singular title, contained in a will shall lapse where, after the date of the will, a child is born to the testator and such child accepts the succession.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 765
Birth of Child · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
In such a case the Court may maintain the effects of the legacies, in whole or in part, where it appears that, had the testator known the circumstances, he would probably have maintained them.
The child of the testator who is born after the making of the will shall in any case receive three fourths of the share which he would receive in the intestate succession.