If administration of the estate has been ordered or estate insolvency proceedings have been instituted, the legal relationships extinguished on the devolution of the inheritance by merger of right and obligation or of right and encumbrance are deemed not to be extinguished.
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Book 5 · Law of succession › Subtitle 3 · Restriction of the liability of the heir › Section 1976
Effect on legal relationships extinguished by merger
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