(1) A person charged with a testamentary gift or any interested person may, by fixing a reasonable period, give a peremptory notice to the testamentary donee or his or her inheritor to furnish within such period a definite answer as to whether he or she would effect an acceptance or a renunciation of the testamentary gift.
(2) If the testamentary donee or his or her inheritor fails to furnish a definite answer to the person charged with the testamentary gift within the period mentioned in paragraph (1), he or she shall be deemed to have accepted the testamentary gift.