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Book 5 · Law of succession  ›  Division 7 · Renunciation of inheritance › Section 2346

Effect of the renunciation of inheritance, possibility of limitation

(1) Relatives and the spouse of the testator may renounce their right of intestate succession by contract with the testator. The person renouncing is excluded from intestate succession as though they had no longer been alive at the time of the devolution of the inheritance; they do not have a right to a compulsory share.

(2) The renunciation may be restricted to the right to a compulsory share.

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