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I have a situation related to: Legal action petition inheritance

The action for recognition of heirship (art. 598 CC) allows anyone claiming to be an heir to demand from any possessor the restitution of the estate's assets that he holds by virtue of an apparent succession title or without title. It is distinguished from ordinary revendication (art. 641 al. 2 CC)…

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