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Section1627.An illegitimate child who has been legitimated by the father already and an adopted child shall be deemed to be descendants in the same manner as legitimate children as per the meaning of this Code.
Section1628.A husband and wife who desert each other or live apart without lawful divorce do not lose the statutory rights to succeed to each other's estate.
Section1629.There are only six classes of statutory heirs and, subject to section 1630, paragraph 2, one class has the right to receive the estate before or after another in the following order, namely—
(1)descendants;
(2)father and mother;
(3)siblings of the same father and mother;
(4)siblings of the same father or mother;
