Articles of the Civil Code Involving the Legitimes of Compulsory Heirs

In testamentary succession, the following articles provide for the legitimes of the compulsory heirs if
they succeed with or without the concurrence of other compulsory heirs:

Art. 888 — Legitimate children and descendants.

Art. 889 — Legitimate parents or ascendants.

Art. 892 — a) One legitimate child or descendant concurring with the surviving spouse.

b) Two or more legitimate children or descendants together with the surviving spouse.

Art. 893 — Legitimate parents or ascendants with the surviving spouse.

Art. 894 — Illegitimate children with the surviving

spouse.

Art. 895 — Legitimate children or descendants with natural

and other illegitimate children.

Art. 896 — Legitimate parents or ascendants and illegitimate children.

Art. 897 — Surviving spouse with legitimate children or

descendants and natural children.

Art. 898 — Surviving spouse with legitimate children or

descendants and illegitimate children other than

natural.

Art. 899 — Surviving spouse with legitimate parents or

ascendants and illegitimate children.

Art. 900 — Surviving spouse alone.

Art. 901 — Illegitimate children, with no other compulsory

heirs.

Art. 903 — a) Parents of the illegitimate child who leaves

neither legitimate descendants, nor a surviving spouse, nor illegitimate children.

b) Parents of the illegitimate child with the surviving spouse. (Comment of the Code
Commission).