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An heir blocks the division: how to force it?
Upon opening of the succession, the assets become the common property of the heirs (hereditary community, art. 602 CC). No heir is obliged to remain in co-ownership: each co-heir may at any time request the partition (art. 604 CC), except by agreement or provision…
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