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General Provisions Relating to Succession Full blood preferred to half blood. — Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect.

If you have a spouse but no children, the spouse inherits everything. If you have children but no spouse, the children inherit everything. If you have a spouse and children, the spouse and the children receive half of your property each.

If you have parents but no spouse, children, or siblings, your parents inherit everything. If you have siblings but no spouse, children, or parents, the siblings inherit everything. If you have parents and siblings, but no spouse or children, your property is evenly divided among each parent and each sibling.

If the person was unmarried or widowed at the time of their death, their assets will be divided among any surviving children before any other relative. If no next of kin can be located, then the assets in the estate will become the property of the state. This is referred to as escheatment.

With some slight variations, the order of succession will be something along the lines of: Your spouse. Your children. Your parents.

If you're married with children, all your community property goes to your spouse. Separate property is divided between your spouse and children. If you have one child, that child will receive half of your separate property and your spouse will receive the other half.

There are three sorts of successions, to wit: testamentary succession; legal succession; and, irregular succession. Testamentary succession is that which results from the Constitution of the heir, contained in a testament executed in the form prescribed by law.

Legitimate Succession, 2. Compulsory Succession, and 3. Testamentary Succession.