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Book 5 · Law of succession  ›  Division 4 · Contract of inheritance › Section 2281

Avoidance by the testator

(1) A contract of inheritance also may be avoided by the testator on the basis of sections 2078 and 2079; for avoidance on the basis of section 2079 it is necessary that the person entitled to a compulsory share is alive at the time of the avoidance.

(2) If, after the death of the other contractual party, a disposition made to the benefit of a third party is to be avoided, the avoidance is to be declared to the probate court. As a rule, the probate court is to communicate the declaration to the third party.

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