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 pu, ya, ta, yai;

lung, pa, na, a.

The surviving spouse is also a statutory heir, subject to the special provisions of section 1635.

As long as an heir in one of the classes specified in section 1629 is still alive or uninterruptedly represented, the heirs in the lower classes have no right in the inheritance property of the deceased at all.

However, the provision of the previous paragraph shall become inapplicable in the specific event where any descendant is still alive or represented, as the case may be, and the father or mother is still alive, in which event the father or mother shall be entitled to a share as if being an heir in the children’s degree.

Amongst the descendants in different degrees, only the children of the inheritance owner, who are closest in degree, have the right to receive the inheritance. The descendants in the lower degrees may receive the inheritance only by virtue of the right of representation.