Pursuant to Article 651 of the 2015 Civil Code, inheritors are regulated as follows:
Article 651. Legal heirs
1. The legal heirs are specified in the following order:
a) The first line of inheritance includes: wife, husband, biological father, biological mother, adoptive father, adoptive mother, biological child, adopted child of the deceased.
b) The second line of inheritance includes: paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, biological brother, biological sister, biological younger sister of the deceased; biological grandchild of the deceased whose paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother.
c) The third line of inheritance includes: the deceased's paternal grandfather, maternal grandfather; biological uncle, biological uncle, biological uncle, biological aunt, biological aunt of the deceased; biological grandchild of the deceased whose deceased is the paternal uncle, biological uncle, biological uncle, biological aunt, biological aunt; exfoliation of the deceased whose deceased is the paternal grandfather, maternal grandfather.
2. The heirs of the same line are entitled to an equal inheritance.
3. Those in the next line of inheritance are only entitled to inherit if there is no one in the previous line of inheritance due to death, no right to inherit, being deprived of the right to inherit or refusing to receive the inheritance.
At the same time, according to Article 626 of the 2015 Civil Code, the testator has the following rights:
Article 626. Rights of the testator
The testator has the following rights:
1. Appointing heirs; losing the right to inherit the inheritance of the heir.
2. Allocate the inheritance to each heir.
3. Dedicate part of the assets in the heritage block for donation and worship.
4. Assigning obligations to heirs.
5. Appointment of testator, heritage manager, and heritage divider.
Thus, the person who takes care of the parents (if the biological or legally adopted child) is in the first line of inheritance, so the inheritance should be divided according to the law, the person who takes care of the parents is only entitled to inherit the house and land on par with the heirs in the same line, not the entire line.
However, parents can receive full assets in the following cases:
(1) If parents make a legal will, they will leave all their house and land to them.
(2) All other legal heirs are no longer there, have their rights revoked, refuse to receive the inheritance, or are not eligible for inheritance.
