Admin What is heir?
An heir is a person called to succession, either by will or by operation of law, and succeeds the whole or a fraction of the estate left by the decedent.
What is inheritance succession?
Inheritance succession is the distribution of property after the death of a person. An inheritance is same as the succession to rights and property of the deceased. People usually want their estate to be distributed in a specific manner upon their death.
Who are the heirs excluded from inheriting?
Moreover, the existence of heirs in the direct descending or ascending line excludes the heirs in the collateral line from inheriting. Therefore, if the deceased still has parents when he died, his brothers and sisters shall be excluded from inheriting from him.
Can a spouse be excluded from the line of succession?
Also, the existence of ascendants or descendants does not exclude the deceased’s legitimate spouse from succession. Moreover, with respect to heirs in the direct ascending or descending line, the relative nearest from the deceased shall exclude the others in that line.