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Book 5 · Law of succession  ›  Subtitle 3 · Restriction of the liability of the heir › Section 1986

Surrender of the estate

(1) The administrator may pay out the estate to the heir only when the known obligations of the estate have been discharged.

(2) Where the discharge of a liability is not possible at the time, or where a liability is disputed, the estate may be paid out only if security is provided to the creditor. The provision of security is not necessary for a conditional claim if the possibility of the condition being fulfilled is so remote that the claim does not have a current asset value.

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