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Civil Act — Article 1009 (Statutory share in inheritance)

민법 제1009조

(1) If there exist two or more inheritors in the same rank, their shares of the inheritance shall be equally divided. <Amended on Dec. 31, 1977; Jan. 13, 1990>

(2) The share inherited by an inheritee's surviving spouse shall be increased by 50 percent over the inherited share of the inheritee’s lineal descendant where the spouse inherits jointly with such descendants, or 50 percent over the inherited share of the inheritee’s lineal ascendant where the spouse inherits jointly with such ascendants. <Amended on Jan. 13, 1990>

(3) Deleted. <Jan. 13, 1990>

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