Article 1152: Acceptance of an inheritance

1. In order to acquire an inheritance, the heir must accept it. (Article 1151) The heir ' s acceptance of the inheritance shall not be required. 2. The heir ' s acceptance of part of the inheritance shall mean acceptance of the inheritance. To take his inheritance, whatever it may be, wherever he may be, and to ask the heir to inherit it at the same time on several grounds (by bequest and by bequest). The heir may, on several of these grounds, accept the inheritance due to him or her under one of these grounds, by law or by means of a succession and by the opening of the inheritance and so on. 3. Accepting an inheritance by one or more heirs does not mean accepting an inheritance by the rest of us. 4. Accepted inheritance shall be recognized as belonging to the heir from the date of the opening of the inheritance, irrespective of the time of its actual adoption, and regardless of the time of the State register. :: The right of the heir to inherit property, where such right is subject to State registration.