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 the knowledge on the part of the refusing heir alone suffices to request the revocation.

When the refusal has been revoked, the creditor may request the court to order him to receive the inheritance instead of the heir and by the right of such heir.

In this event, once the debts of the heir have been paid to the creditor, if there remains any portion which belongs to that heir, it shall pass to the descendants of the heir or to the other heirs of the inheritance owner, as the case may be.

Refusal of an inheritance by an heir takes retroactive effect from the time of the death of the inheritance owner.

When any statutory heir refuses an inheritance, his descendants can succeed to the inheritance by virtue of their own rights and are entitled to the share equal to that which the refuser would receive, but those descendants must not be ones in whose names the fathers, mothers, guardians, or custodians, as the case may be, have validly refused the inheritance.

If the descendants of the refuser have received the inheritance as stated in section 1615, the refuser