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Article 900Intestate Shares

第九百条(法定相続分)

If there are two or more heirs of the same place in the line of succession, their shares of the estate are as prescribed in the following items:

同順位の相続人が数人あるときは、その相続分は、次の各号の定めるところによる。

if a child or children and a spouse are the heirs, the child's or children's share of the estate is one-half and the spouse's share of the estate is one-half;

子及び配偶者が相続人であるときは、子の相続分及び配偶者の相続分は、各二分の一とする。

if a spouse and a lineal ascendant or ascendants are the heirs, the spouse's share of the estate is two-thirds and the lineal ascendant's or ascendants' share of the estate is one-third;

配偶者及び直系尊属が相続人であるときは、配偶者の相続分は、三分の二とし、直系尊属の相続分は、三分の一とする。

if a spouse and a sibling or siblings are the heirs, the spouse's share of the estate is three-quarters, and the sibling's or siblings' share of the estate is one-quarter;

配偶者及び兄弟姉妹が相続人であるときは、配偶者の相続分は、四分の三とし、兄弟姉妹の相続分は、四分の一とする。

if there are two or more children, lineal ascendants, or siblings, each share in the estate is to be equal; provided, however, that the share of a sibling who has only one parent in common with the decedent is one half of the share of a sibling who has both parents in common with the decedent.

子、直系尊属又は兄弟姉妹が数人あるときは、各自の相続分は、相等しいものとする。ただし、父母の一方のみを同じくする兄弟姉妹の相続分は、父母の双方を同じくする兄弟姉妹の相続分の二分の一とする。

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