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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2783 - Repudiation to prejudice of creditors

Should the heir repudiate the inheritance to the prejudice of his own creditors, the latter may request the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction to authorize them to accept it in the name of the former.
The acceptance shall be of benefit to the creditors only insofar as it covers the amount of their credits. The excess, should there be any, shall not belong in any case to the renouncer, but shall be awarded to the persons to whom, according to the rules of this Code, it may pertain.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 955;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2784 - Heirs taking or concealing property

The heirs who have taken or concealed any property of the inheritance lose the right to renounce it and retain only the character of pure and simple heirs without prejudice to the penalties which they may have incurred.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 956.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2785 - Liability of heir for charges

Through an acceptance, pure and simple, or without benefit of inventory, the heir shall be liable for the charges on the estate, not only with the property of the same, but also with his own.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 957.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2786 - Action to compel acceptance or repudiation

No action can be instituted against the heir to compel him to accept or repudiate it until nine days have elapsed from the death of the person whose inheritance is in question.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 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;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2788 - Death of heir without accepting or repudiating

Upon the death of the heir, without having accepted or repudiated the inheritance, the rights he may have had are transmitted to his heirs.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2789 - Acceptance or repudiation where there are several heirs

Should there be several heirs designated to an inheritance, some of them may accept and some repudiate it. Every one of the heirs shall enjoy the same liberty to accept it purely and simply, or under benefit of inventory.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2790 - How repudiation made

The repudiation of an inheritance shall be made in a public or authentic instrument, or in writing presented to the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction in testamentary or intestate proceedings.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 962;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter IV - Acceptance and Repudiation of Inheritance (§§ 2771 — 2791) › § 2791 - Person inheriting by will and ab intestato

Any person designated to an inheritance by a will and ab intestato and who repudiates it in the first capacity is considered as having repudiated in both characters.
Should he repudiate it as an intestate heir and without having knowledge of his testamentary character, he may yet accept it in the latter capacity.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 963.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2801 - Acceptance under benefit of inventory and right to deliberate

Every heir may accept an inheritance under benefit of inventory, even though the testator should have forbidden it.
He may also request the making of the inventory before accepting or repudiating the inheritance, in order to deliberate on this point.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 964.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2802 - How made

The acceptance of the inheritance, under the benefit of inventory, may be made before a notary or in a writing before the part of the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction in testamentary or intestate proceedings.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 965;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2803 - When heir is abroad

Should the heir referred to in the preceding section be abroad, he may make said declaration before a diplomatic or consular agent of the United States, who may be authorized to discharge the duties of a notary in the place of execution.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 966.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2804 - Inventory required

The declaration referred to in the preceding sections shall not produce any effect whatsoever unless it be preceded or followed by a true and exact inventory of all the property of the estate, made with the formalities and within the periods fixed in the following sections.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 967.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2805 - Time for requesting benefit of inventory—-Heir in possession of property

An heir who may have in his possession the property of the estate or a part thereof, and who may wish to make use of the benefit of inventory or of the right to deliberate, shall state this to the part of the Court of First Instance of competent jurisdiction in testamentary or intestate proceedings, within ten days following that on which he has become aware that he is such an heir, if he resides in the place where the deceased may have died. If he resides outside of it the period shall be thirty days.
In either case the heir must request, at the same time, the making of the inventory and the citation of the Creditors and legatees in order that they may be present thereat if they wish to.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 968;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2806 - Benefit of inventory and right to deliberate—Heir not in possession

If the heir should not have in his possession the inheritance or a part of it, or has not taken any steps as such heir, the periods fixed in the preceding section shall be counted from the day following that on which the period fixed by the Court of First Instance for accepting or repudiating the inheritance expires, in accordance with § 2787 of this title, or from the day on which he may have accepted it or has acted as heir.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 969;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2807 - Benefit of inventory and right to deliberate—While action to claim inheritance does not prescribe

With the exception of the cases referred to in the two preceding sections, if no action should have been brought against the heir, he may accept, under the benefit of inventory, or with the right to deliberate while the action to claim the inheritance does not prescribe.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 970.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2808 - Time for beginning and completing inventory

An inventory shall be begun within the thirty days following the citation of the creditors and legatees and shall be finished within sixty days more.
If, by reason of the property being situated at a long distance, or being very valuable, or for any other sufficient cause, said sixty days should appear insufficient, the Court of First Instance may extend this period for such a time as it may deem necessary, which cannot exceed one year.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 971;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2809 - Failure to begin or finish inventory through fault of heir

If by the fault or negligence of the heir the inventory is not begun or finished within the periods, and with the formalities prescribed in the preceding sections, it shall be understood that he accepts the inheritance purely and simply.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2810 - Time for deliberation after inventory

An heir, who should have reserved to himself the right to deliberate, must state to the court having jurisdiction, within thirty days, counted from the day following that on which the inventory has been concluded, whether he accepts or repudiates the inheritance.
If said thirty days have elapsed without said statement being made it shall be understood that he accepts it purely and simply.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2811 - Administration during inventory

In every case the Court of First Instance may provide on the petition of the interested party during the formation of the inventory until the acceptance of the inheritance, for the administration and custody of the estate for that purpose, an administrator with the necessary legal capacity who shall present a bond to be fixed by the court.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 974;.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2812 - Claim of inheritance in possession of another

A person who judicially claims an inheritance, which another has had in his possession for more than one year and who should win the suit, shall not be obliged to make an inventory in order to enjoy said benefit, and he shall be liable for the charges on the estate only with the property which may have been delivered to him.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2813 - When inventory benefits substitutes and intestate heirs

The inventory made by the heir, who afterwards repudiates the inheritance, shall benefit the substitutes and the intestate heirs, with regard to whom the thirty days for deliberation and in which to make the statement prescribed by § 2810 of this title shall be counted from the day following that on which they received notice of the repudiation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2814 - Effect of benefit of inventory

The benefit of inventory produces the following effects in favor of the heir:
(1) The heir shall not be bound to pay the debts and other charges on the inheritance except insofar as the property of the same may go.
(2) He retains against the estate all the rights and actions which he may have had against the deceased.
(3) His private property shall not be confused for any purpose whatsoever, to his injury, with the property belonging to the estate.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 977.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2815 - Loss of benefit of inventory

The heir shall lose the benefit of inventory:
(1) If having knowledge thereof he fails to include in the inventory any of the property, rights, or actions of the inheritance.
(2) If before concluding the liquidation of the debts and legacies he should alienate any property of the estate without judicial authorization, or that of all the persons interested, or if he should not apply the value of what is sold in the manner specified at the time the authorization was granted him.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 978.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2816 - Payment of legacies pending inventory and deliberation

During the making of the inventory and the period granted for deliberating the legatees cannot demand the payment of their legacies.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 979.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2817 - When estate under administration; powers of administrator

Until all the known creditors and the legatees have been paid, it shall be understood that the estate is under administration.
The administrator, whether it be the heir himself or any other person, shall have, as such, the representation of the estate to exercise all the actions pertaining thereto, and answer all complaints instituted against the same.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2818 - Payment of creditors before legacies

The administrator cannot pay the legacies until he has paid all the creditors.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 981.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2819 - Order of payment of creditors

Should there be a pending suit among the creditors with regard to the preference of their credits, they shall be paid in the order and according to the degree fixed by the final judgment of graduation.
Should no suit be pending among the creditors, those presenting themselves first shall be paid first; but should it appear that one of the known credits is preferred, the payment shall not be made without previous security being given in favor of the creditor having a better right.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 982.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2820 - Creditors appearing after payment of legacies

If after the legacies are paid other creditors should appear, the latter shall have a right to make claims against the legatees only in case sufficient property should not remain to pay them.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 983.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2821 - Sale of hereditary estate

If for the payment of credits and legacies the sale of the hereditary estate should be necessary, it shall take place in the manner established by the law of civil procedure with regard to intestate and testamentary proceedings, unless all the heirs, creditors, and legatees come to a different agreement.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 984.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2822 - Account of administration; liability of administrator

If the hereditary estate should not be sufficient for the payment of the debts and legacies, the administrator shall render an account of his administration to the creditors and legatees who have not been paid in full, and he shall be liable for the damages caused the estate through his fault or negligence.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2823 - Rights of heirs after payment of debts and legacies; account of administrator other than heir

After the creditors and legatees are paid, the heirs shall have the full enjoyment of the remainder of the estate.
Should the estate have been administered by another person, he shall give an account of his administration to the heir, under the liability imposed by the preceding section.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2824 - Expenses of inventory, administration, and deliberation

The cost of the inventory and the other expenses arising from the administration of the inheritance, accepted under the benefit of inventory, and the defense of its rights, shall be charged to the said estate. The costs which the heir may have been personally adjudged to pay by reason of his deceit or bad faith are excepted.
The same shall be understood with regard to the costs arising from making use of the right to deliberate, if the heir repudiates the inheritance.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 987.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 227 - Provisions Common to Inheritance by or Without Will (§§ 2711 — 2825) › Subchapter V - Benefit of Inventory and Right to Deliberate (§§ 2801 — 2825) › § 2825 - Private creditors of heir

The private Creditors of the heir cannot interfere with the operations of the estate, accepted by the latter under benefit of inventory, until the Creditors of the same and the legatees have been paid; but they may demand the retention of the attachment of the remainder which may be left the heir.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 988.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2841 - Property received during life of deceased subject to collation

An heir by force of law surviving with others of the same character to a succession must bring into the hereditary estate the property or securities he may have received from the deceased during the life of the same, by way of dowry, gift, or for any good consideration, in order to compute it in fixing the legal portions and in the account of the division.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2842 - When collation does not take place

Collation shall not take place among heirs by force of law if the donor should have so expressly ordered, or if the donee should repudiate the inheritance, excepting the case in which the gift is to be reduced by reason of illegality.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2843 - Property left by will

What is left by will is not subject to collation, if the testator did not order otherwise, the legal portions in any case being reserved.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2844 - Grandchildren inheriting in representation of parents

When grandchildren inherit from their grandparents in representation of their parents, surviving with their uncles or cousins, they shall bring to collation all that their parents, if alive, would have been required to bring, even though they may not have inherited it.
They shall also bring to collation whatever they may have received from the testator during his life, unless the testator has disposed otherwise, in which case his will must be respected should it not prejudice the legal portion of the coheirs.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2845 - Gifts to grandchildren

Parents are not obliged to bring to collation in the inheritance of their ascendants what may have been bestowed as a gift by the latter to their children.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 993.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2846 - Gifts to spouse of child

Neither shall the gifts bestowed upon the spouse of the child be brought to collation, but should they have been made by the parent to both of them conjointly, the child shall be obliged to bring to collation one half of the thing bestowed as a gift.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2847 - Expenses for support, education, etc

Expenses for support, education, for sickness, even though they be extraordinary, apprenticeship, ordinary equipment, or usual presents are not subject to collation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 995.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2848 - Expenses for professional or artistic career for children

Expenses which may have been incurred by the parents in giving their children a professional or artistic career shall not be brought to collation unless the parent so orders or should they prejudice the legal portion; but when it is legal to bring them to collation, the sum which the child would have spent, if it had lived in the house and company of its parents, shall be deducted therefrom.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2849 - Amounts paid by father for son’s debts, etc

Amounts paid by the father to pay bonds for the son, to pay his debts, to obtain for him a lucrative title or one of honor, or other similar expenses, shall be treated as advances.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 997.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2850 - Wedding presents

Wedding presents, consisting of jewels, clothing, and outfit, shall not be reduced as illegal except insofar as they exceed one tenth or more of the sum which can be disposed of by will.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 998.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2851 - Things bestowed as gifts or dowry

The same things bestowed as a gift or given in dowry need not be brought to collation and division, but only the value they had at the time of the gift or dowry, even though they should not have been appraised at the time.
Their subsequent increase or impairment and even their total loss, either casually or culpably, shall be for the account and risk or for the benefit of the donee.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2852 - Things bestowed as gifts or dowry—By one or both spouses

A dowry or gift, made by both spouses, shall be brought to collation in equal parts in the inheritance of each one of them. That made by one alone shall be brought to collation in his or her inheritance.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2853 - Deduction of amount received by donee

The donee shall receive from the funds of the inheritance an amount so much less than the sum he may already have received, the coheirs receiving the equivalent in property of the same nature, class, and quality, insofar as possible.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1001.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2854 - Gifts of real estate; personal property

If the provisions of the preceding section cannot be executed, if the property bestowed as a gift consisted of real estate, the coheirs shall have a right to be equalized in cash, or in securities, at the rate at which they are quoted; and should there be in the inheritance neither cash nor securities which can be quoted, other property shall be sold at public auction insofar as necessary.
If the property bestowed as a gift is personal property, the coheirs shall have only a right to be equalized in other personal property of the inheritance at its just value at their option.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2855 - Fruits of and interest on property subject to collation

The fruits of and interest on the property, subject to collation, are not due the funds of the inheritance, except from the day on which the succession is opened.
In order to regulate the same, the rents of an interest on the hereditary property of the same kind as that brought to collation shall be taken into consideration.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter I - Collation (§§ 2841 — 2856) › § 2856 - Division not stopped by question as to collation if security given

If a question should arise among the coheirs as to the obligation to bring or with regard to the objects which are to be brought to collation, the division shall not be stopped for such reason when the proper security is given.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2871 - When division permitted

No coheir shall be compelled to remain in possession of the inheritance without partition unless the testator expressly prohibits partition. This prohibition shall not extend to the property which constitutes the lawful portions of the heirs.
In every case, partition shall always be had for any reasons for which a partnership is dissolved.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2872 - Request for division

Every coheir having the free administration and disposal of his property may at any time request the division of the estate.
The legal representatives of incapacitated persons and absentees must request the division in their name.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2873 - Conditional heirs; provisional division

The conditional heirs cannot request the division until the condition is complied with. But the other coheirs may request it by properly securing the right of the former in case the condition is fulfilled; and until it is known that it has not been or can no longer be complied with, the division shall be considered as provisional.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2874 - Death of coheir

If, before making the division, one of the coheirs should die, leaving two or more heirs, it shall be sufficient for one of them to request it, but all those who intervene in such capacity shall appear under a single representation.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2875 - Division by testator; cash payment instead of division

If the testator should make a division of his property by an act inter vivos or by a last will, it shall be accepted insofar as it does not prejudice the legal portion of the heirs by force of law.
A father who, in the interest of his family, desires to keep an agricultural, industrial, or manufacturing enterprise undivided, may make use of the privilege granted him by this section by providing that the legal portions of the other children be paid in cash.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1009.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2876 - Grant of power of division by testator; duties of trustee

The testator may, by an act inter vivos or causa mortis, entrust the mere power of making the division after his death to any person who is not one of the coheirs.
The provisions of this and the foregoing sections shall be observed, even should there be a minor or a person subject to guardianship among the coheirs; but the trustee must in such case make an inventory of the property of the inheritance, citing the coheirs, the creditors, and the legatees.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1010.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2877 - Division by heirs

Should the testator not have made any division, nor entrusted this power to another, if the heirs should be of age and should have the free administration of their property, they may distribute the estate in the manner they may see fit.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1011.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2878 - Legal proceedings if heirs disagree

If the heirs of age should not agree as to the manner of making the division, they shall be free to enforce their rights in the manner prescribed in the law relating to special legal proceedings, approved March 9, 1905.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2879 - Minors subject to parental authority

If the minors should be subject to the parental authority, and are represented in the division by the father or by the mother, in a proper case, neither judicial intervention nor approval shall be required.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1013.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2880 - Fairness of division

In the division of the estate all possible fairness shall be observed by drawing lots or awarding to each one of the coheirs things of the same nature, quality, or kind.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1014.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2881 - Disposition of indivisible thing

If a thing should be indivisible or should become considerably impaired by being divided, it may be awarded to one of the heirs under condition of paying to the others the difference in cash.
But it shall be sufficient if a single one of the heirs requests its sale at public auction, outside bidders being admitted in order that it may take place.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1015.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2882 - Reciprocal compensation among coheirs

On making the division, the coheirs shall reciprocally compensate each other for the income and fruits each of them may have received from the hereditary property for the useful and necessary expenses made on said property or for the damage caused thereto by malice or negligence.
—Civil Code, 1930, § 1016.
History
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2883 - Costs of division

The costs of the division, made for the common interests of all the coheirs, shall be deducted from the estate; those made for the particular interest of one of them shall be defrayed by the same.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1017.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2884 - Delivery of titles of acquisition or ownership

The titles of acquisition or of ownership shall be delivered to the coheir to whom the estate or estates to which they refer may have been awarded.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1018.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2885 - Title including several estates awarded to several coheirs

When the same title includes several estates awarded to several coheirs, or one only which may have been divided among two or more, the title shall remain in the possession of the person having the largest interest in the estate or estates, and true copies thereof shall be furnished the others at the expense of the estate. Should the interests be equal, the title shall be delivered to the male heir, and should there be more than one, to the eldest.
Should the title be an original one, the person in whose possession it remains shall furthermore be obliged to exhibit it to the other persons interested, when they request it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1019.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter II - Division (§§ 2871 — 2886) › § 2886 - Subrogation to place of purchaser

If any of the heirs should sell his hereditary rights to a stranger before the division, all or any of the coheirs may subrogate himself in the place of the purchaser, reimbursing him for the value of the purchase, provided they do so within the period of a month, to be counted from the time they were informed thereof.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1020.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2901 - Ownership of property conferred by division

A division legally made confers upon each heir the exclusive ownership of the property which may have been awarded to him.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1021.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2902 - Surrender and guarantee among coheirs

After the division has been made, the coheirs shall be mutually bound to the surrender, and shall guarantee the property awarded.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1022.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 3 - Different Ways of Acquiring Ownership (§§ 1931 — 2936) › PART IV - Successions (§§ 2081 — 2936) › Chapter 229 - Collation and Division (§§ 2841 — 2936) › Subchapter III - Effects of Division (§§ 2901 — 2905) › § 2903 - When obligation ceases

The obligation referred to in the foregoing section shall cease in the following cases only:
(1) Should the testator himself have made the division, unless it appears or may be reasonably presumed that he desired the contrary, and always reserving the legal portion.
(2) Should it have been expressly stipulated on making the division.
(3) Should the surrender arise from a cause subsequent to the division, or should it have been caused by the fault of the person to whom it was awarded.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 1023.