It is not lawful to accept or renounce a succession in advance, or to assign in advance one’s eventual rights to a succession.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 949
Acceptance or Renunciation of a Future Succession · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
The stipulations referred to in sub-Article (1) shall be of no effect notwithstanding that the person whose succession is concerned has agreed thereto.