Inheritance law, Civil Code Article 922, reserved inheritance, mass calculation, liberalities, donations, succession, hereditary reserve
Understand how to calculate the mass of reserved inheritance according to Article 922 of the Civil Code, including existing assets, debts, and liberalities.
[...] - Table of Imputation : RHG = ¾ = 825,000 QD = ¼ = 275,000 RHI Pierre = ¼ = 275,000 RHI Paul = ¼ = 275,000 RHI André = ¼ = 275,000 1° - 125,000? (Donation in APS to Pierre) 150 000? 2° - 600,000 (Donation HP to André) - 450 000 1° - 400,000 (Donation in APS to Pierre) - ? Explanation : The donation made to Pierre (400,000) is offset against his reserve share and exceeds by 125,000. The remainder is offset against the QD. There remains 150,000?. [...]
[...] Then, article 734 calls the deceased's parents in 4 hierarchical orders of heirs : The descendants In default, the privileged ascendants and collaterals In default, the ordinary ascendants In default, the ordinary collaterals The quality of heir : In accordance with articles and 727 of the Civil Code, to inherit one must exist at the time of the deceased's [...]
[...] Existing assets: ?600,000 (apartment located in Paris) and ?400,000 (real estate value portfolio) = ?1,000,000. b. Debts: 0 c. Liberalities: i. Donation to Pierre: the DCJ made the donation of a building worth ?300,000, or the donee carried out works for an amount of ?100,000, bringing the value of the asset to ?500,000. Without the works, the asset would have been worth ?400,000. In this case, we will take into account the value of the asset without the works on the day of death, namely 400 000?. ii. [...]
[...] - Calculation of the MCRH : MCRH = + 100 000 MCRH = 000? - Application of the quotas, QD, RHG, RHI on the MCRH: We know that the DCJ leaves three HR so the quotas occur in the following way: RHG = ¾ x MCRH ; RHI = ¼ x MCRH ; QD = ¼ x MCRH = ¾ x ; = ¼ x ; = ¼ x 000 = ; = ; = 275 000 Qualification and fictitious imputation of donations : - Qualification and sector of imputation : According to articles 919-1 and 919-2 : Gifts granted in advance of inheritance (APS) to a reserved heir are imputed primarily on their reserved share and secondarily on the available portion. [...]
[...] Pierre then had this chalet raised (cost of work: 100,000 This chalet is worth 500,000 ? at death (it would only be worth 400,000 ? if he had not had it raised). To André, he had given, in 2001, with express dispensation from the relationship outside the share of the inheritance), a masterpiece painting, valued at 300,000 ? at the time of the donation ? at the time of death. He leaves at his death an apartment, located in Paris, valued at 600,000 ? [...]
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