Article 51 — Capacity to Inherit

1. 1.

   Any person who is alive at the moment of the deceased’s death, or who is conceived before the death and subsequently born alive, may inherit.

2. 2.

   A juridical person may inherit by testamentary disposition.

3. 3.

   The following persons are unworthy to inherit:

   1. A person who has been convicted of intentionally causing or attempting to cause the death of the deceased.
   2. A person who, by fraud, duress, or undue influence, caused the deceased to make, alter, or revoke a testamentary disposition.
   3. A person who knowingly concealed, destroyed, or falsified a testamentary disposition of the deceased.
4. 4.

   Unworthiness may be declared by the Royal Chancellery upon application by any interested person. An unworthy heir is treated as having predeceased.

5. 5.

   The deceased may, by express testamentary provision, pardon the unworthy person.