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 An illegitimate child who has already been legitimated by the father and an adopted child shall be deemed to be descendants in the same way as legitimate children as per the meaning of this Code.

A husband and wife who desert each other or live apart without lawful divorce do not lose the statutory right to succeed to each other’s inheritance.

There are only six classes of statutory heirs and, subject to section 1630, paragraph 2, one class has the right to receive the inheritance before or after another in the following order, namely—

descendants;

father, mother;

siblings of whole blood;

siblings of half blood;