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We applied for guardianship of my father. Is it up to us to pay the guardian?

No. If the measure of guardianship is entrusted to a member of the family, it is then exercised free of charge. Sometimes, the guardianship judge or the family council, realizing the importance of the property which needs to be managed or the difficulty of exercising the measure, may award compensation…
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Following the death of our parents, we signed an act of sharing with my sisters. Two days later, one of them came to the family home to claim a property that had been assigned to me. Does she have the right to do so?

No. Following the partition, each co-heir is deemed to have succeeded alone and immediately to all the effects included in his lot and cannot take ownership of the other assets of the succession (art. 883 C. civ.). Consequently, it is not possible for a co-partitioner to appropriate property attributed to…
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