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# I inherit debts
The heirs respond jointly and severally for the debts of the deceased on their own assets (art. 603 CC). To protect himself, the heir has three options: (1) repudiate the succession within 3 months from knowledge of death (art. 567 CC) — he loses all rights but assumes no debt,…
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