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Family Relationships and Legal Status

This document outlines the order of succession for legitimate and illegitimate children, parents, spouses, and other relatives when inheriting an estate. Legitimate children come before all others. Surviving spouses are excluded only by children, parents, and siblings. More distant collateral relatives are excluded only by those in closer degrees of kinship. The state is excluded by all.

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Family Relationships and Legal Status

This document outlines the order of succession for legitimate and illegitimate children, parents, spouses, and other relatives when inheriting an estate. Legitimate children come before all others. Surviving spouses are excluded only by children, parents, and siblings. More distant collateral relatives are excluded only by those in closer degrees of kinship. The state is excluded by all.

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EXCLUDE CONCUR WITH ARE EXCLUDED BY

LEGITIMATE CHILDREN Parents Surviving Spouse No one


Collaterals Illegitimate Children
State
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN Illegitimate parents Surviving Spouse No one
Collaterals Legitimate Children
State Legitimate Parents
LEGITIMATE PARENTS Collaterals Illegitimate children Legitimate Children
State Surviving Spouse
ILLEGITIMATE PARENTS Collaterals Surviving Spouse Legitimate Children
State Illegitimate Children
SURVIVING SPOUSE Collaterals other than brothers, sisters, Legitimate Children No one
nephews & nieces Illegitimate Children
State Legitimate Parents
Illegitimate Parents
Brothers, Sisters, Nephews, Nieces
BROTHERS, SISTER, NEPHEWS, NIECES All other collaterals Surviving Spouse Legitimate Children
State Illegitimate Children
Legitimate Parents
Illegitimate Parents
OTHER COLLATERALS Collaterals in remoter degrees Collaterals in the same degree Legitimate Children
State Illegitimate Children
Legitimate Parents
Illegitimate Parents
Surviving Spouse
Brothers, Sisters, Nephews, Nieces
STATE No one No one By everyone

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