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Faculty of Law
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  Succession Law
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LESSON 1. SUCCESSION AND SUCCESSION LAW 1.- Succession mortis causa and the law of succession. The principles of inheritance law.
2.- Heir and legatee. Determination of the type of appeal.
LESSON 2. INHERITANCE. THE PHASES OF HEREDITARY SUCCESSION 1.- Inheritance.
2.- The phases of hereditary succession.
3.- In particular, the way of acquiring an inheritance.
4.- Recumbent inheritance.
5.- Taking possession of inherited assets.
LESSON 3. CAPACITY TO INHERIT 1.- Absolute incapacities.
2.- Survival.
3.- Unworthiness.
4.- Relative incapacity.
5.- Effects of unworthiness and relative incapacity.
LESSON 4. RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR FORGO 1.- Concept, classes and informing principles of right to accept or forgo.
2.- The right of transmission.
3.- The right of representation.
4.- The right of accession.
LESSON 5. THE WILL 1.- Concept, nature and features of the will.
2.- Capacity to make a will.
3.- Vices of the will in testamentary matters.
4.- Interpretation of the will.
LESSON 6. TYPES OF WILLS 1.- Common and special wills.
2.- The ordinary open will.
3.- The special open will: the danger of death will.
4.- The closed will.
5.- The holographic will.
LESSON 7. SUBSTITUTIONS 1.- Concept and types of substitution.
2.- Vulgar substitution.
3.- Pupillary substitution.
4.- Exemplary substitution.
5.- Trustee substitution.
LESSON 8. INTESTATE INHERITANCE 1.- Causes and order of precedence in the Civil Code.
2.- Articles 267 to 269 of the Civil Law of Galicia.
LESSON 9. FORCED INHERITANCE: LEGITIM 1.- Legitim under the Civil Code: A] Holders entitled to legitim and free portion. B] Calculation of the legitim. C] Defence of the legitim: actions, disownership and disinheritance.
2.- Legitim in the Civil Law of Galicia: Forced heirs and amount [arts. 238, 243, 253 and 254 LDCG – Civil Law of Galicia].
LESSON 10. ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION OF INHERITANCE 1.- Acceptance, rejection and benefit of inventory: A] Ius delationis (the heir’s right to accept or reject): Contents and requirements. B] Acceptance and systems of responsibility. The benefit of inventory. C] “Pure and simple acceptance”, “acceptance under benefit of inventory” and universal inheritance.
2.- Acceptance and rejection: General theory: A] Common features. B] Capacity and legitimacy. C] Time frame for accepting and rejecting. Judicial interpellation and the right to deliberate.
3.- Acceptance of inheritance: A] Delimitation. B] Forms of acceptance.
4.- Acceptance and responsibility of the heir.
5.- Rejection of inheritance: A] Concept and form. B] Effects. In particular, article 1,001 of the Civil Code.
LESSON 11. ACCEPTANCE WITH BENEFIT OF INVENTORY 1.- Delimitation. General effects of the benefit of inventory.
2.- Legal system: A] The power to make use of the benefit of inventory. B] Application and form. C] The term. D] The inventory. E] Administration of the inheritance. F] Payment of inheritance taxes. G] Accountability. H] The post-payment system. I] Loss of the benefit of inventory.
LESSON 12. HEREDITARY COMMUNITY 1.- General concepts.
2.- Legal system of the hereditary community.
LESSON 13. HEREDITARY PARTITION: GENERAL CONCEPTS, PARTITION OPERATIONS, AND TYPES OF PARTITION 1.- Hereditary partition: general concepts.
2.- Partition operations.
3.- Types of partition: A] Partition by the testator. B] Partition by estate partitioner or trustee. C] Partition by court-appointed estate partitioner. D] Conventional partition. E] Judicial partition.
4.- Effects, invalidity and ineffectiveness of the partition.
LESSON 14. COLLATION 1.- Concept and basis.
2.- Subjective requirements.
3.- Objective requirements.
4.- Method of executing collation.
5.- Effects.
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