Preference to creditors of inheritance

Article 897 – Preference to creditors of inheritance - The exclusive liabilities of the heir in no case creates mortgage over the assets of the inheritance to the detriment of the creditors of the deceased, even if they are common creditors. § Sole paragraph - The creditors of the deceased are given a period of one year from the date their knowledge of the death of the estate leaver, to put their claim for payment of their dues from the assets of inheritance, in preference to the creditors of the heirs, even though the creditors of the heirs have obtained mortgage or any other security over the same assets.