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TITLE THIRTY-ONE Civil CodeSubtitle 3 Different Ways of Acquiring OwnershipPART IV. SuccessionsChapter 227. Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will
Subchapter IV. Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance
§ 2787. Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Period for declaration of intention

P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 2787

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§ 2787. Acceptance and repudiation of inheritance—Period for declaration of intention

Should a third person in interest institute a suit to compel the heir to accept or to repudiate the inheritance, the Court of First Instance shall fix a period for the latter, not exceeding thirty days, within which he shall declare his intention, warning him that should he not do so the inheritance shall be considered as accepted.

History —Civil Code, 1930, § 959;.