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A penalty clause may not unduly prejudice the right to claim partition of an estate

05/01/2017

The essentials A penalty clause in a will that requires an estate to be partitioned through amicable agreement and states that recourse to the courts will have the effect of reducing the claimant's share to the so-called “hereditary reserve” (portion of the...

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Authors

Sylvie Lerond