Succession of brothers, sisters and their descendants

Where the deceased, being a legitimate child, does not leave descendants or ascendants and has not disposed of his assets, his legitimate brothers and sisters and their legitimate descendants shall inherit his or her estate without prejudice to what is provided in the sole paragraph of article 2003. § Sole paragraph – In the absence of legitimate brothers and sisters and their legitimate descendants, the brothers and sisters legitimated by recognition or legally recognized, their descendants and illegitimate descendants of legitimate brothers and sisters shall be the heirs in the same manner, without prejudice to what is provided in the sole paragraph of article 2003.