If a property owner and his only child have both passed away, do the grandchildren have the right to inherit the property?
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Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Article 1140-1. Transfer of the right to accept inheritance (inheritance transmission)
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If an heir called to inherit by will or by law dies after the opening of the inheritance without having had time to accept it, the right to accept the inheritance due to him passes to his heirs by law, and if all the estate was bequeathed — to his heirs by will (inheritance transmission). The right to accept inheritance in the order of transmission does not become part of the estate opened after the death of such an heir.
The right to accept the inheritance that belonged to the deceased heir may be exercised by his heirs on general grounds.
The heir’s right to receive a compulsory share of the inheritance, as provided in Article 1142 of this Code, does not pass to his heirs.
