9.4 Right and Obligation of Recipient in Inheritance

The heir-successor's rights: Vesting — the estate's assets and claims pass to the heirs (the debts recoverable by and against the estate; the causes of action surviving); Possession and registration — the heirs' entry, the Malpot transfer, the lalpurja's re- registration in the heirs' names (the succession certificate practice); Co-heirs' partition — the inherited jointness divisible on demand (the estate entering partition law again — the two chapters' circle); Representation rights — through the predeceased heir's issue; Disclaimer — the heir's right to renounce (the valid renunciation deed diverting the share to the next entitled). The heir-successor's obligations: The deceased's debts — to the extent of the inherited assets: the estate-first rule; the heir's personal liability barred beyond what was inherited (the estate's and the heir's separation — the creditor's reach limited to the estate); The funeral and antya costs — charged on the estate; The dependants' maintenance continuing — the minor children's and the widow's support from the estate during administration and beyond; The administration duties: the inventory (the estate's suchi — the anti-concealment device, Unit 8 § 8.3), the creditors' protection, the executor's role where a will appointed one; The co-heirs' accounting — the concealed asset's reopening; the advancements and adjustments between heirs. Disqualification (the heir who forfeits): the slayer — the person causing or abetting the intestate's…