Article 1118: General provisions

1. A will or a contract of succession may be used to dispose of property in the event of death. 2. A will may be made by a national having full capacity at the time of its commission. 4. A will may be made by a single citizen or by a citizen who is between the two parties. The rules of this Code on the testator shall apply to spouses who have made a joint will at the time of marriage (joint will of the spouses). They have the right to determine, at their mutual discretion, the consequences of each of their deaths, including those which have occurred simultaneously: to bequeath the common property of the spouses, as well as the property of each of them. to determine in any way the shares of the heirs in the respective estate; to determine the estates of each of the spouses if the property is determined, The inheritance of each of the spouses does not violate the rights of third parties; deprive the inheritance of one, more or all of the heirs under the law without indicating the reasons for such deprivation; and include The terms of the joint will of the spouses shall apply insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of this Code. in accordance with the rules of this Code on compulsory inheritance (including the compulsory share in the inheritance to which the right has arisen after the joint will of the spouses) and On the prohibition of inheritance by unworthy heirs (art. 1117), the joint will of the spouses shall cease to be valid if the marriage is dissolved or the marriage is declared null and void both before and after death. In the event of recognition of the will of one of the spouses in a joint will not in accordance with the requirements of the law, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the person concerned. Article 1131 of the present Code applies to such a will the rules of this Code on contested or null and void transactions, depending on the grounds for invalidity of the will of one person. One of the spouses is entitled at any time, including after the death of the other spouse, to make a subsequent will and to cancel the will of the spouses. Reviews the subsequent will of one of the spouses, accepts a closed subsequent will of one of the spouses or certifys the order of one of the spouses to cancel the joint will of the spouses In the life of both spouses, he is obliged to notify the other spouse, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the law on notaries and notaries, of the fact that such subsequent hours have been completed. 5. A will is a one-way transaction that creates rights and obligations upon the discovery of the inheritance. rights and obligations arise upon the opening of the inheritance, except for duties which, by virtue of the inheritance contract, may arise prior to the opening of the inheritance and are assigned to that party. The rules of this Code on the testator shall apply to the testator who has concluded the contract of inquiry (art. 1116). is not derived from the substance of the inheritance contract.