1 Where an heir accepts the inheritance subject to public inventory, the debts of the deceased listed in the inventory and the assets pass to him or her.
2 The acquisition of the inheritance with all attendant rights and obligations takes effect retroactively from the date on which the succession process commenced.
3 The heir is liable for debts listed in the inventory both with the inheritance and with his or her own assets.
1 L’héritier a, pendant le délai fixé, la faculté de répudier, de requérir la liquidation officielle, d’accepter la succession sous bénéfice d’inventaire ou de l’accepter purement et simplement.
2 Son silence équivaut à l’acceptation sous bénéfice d’inventaire.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.
Ceci n’est pas une publication officielle. Seule la publication opérée par la Chancellerie fédérale fait foi. Ordonnance sur les publications officielles, OPubl.