Article 2168. Commorientes and codeceased

(1) Persons called upon the succession of another, either reciprocally or unilaterally, who died in circumstances in which it is uncertain in what order their deaths occurred are presumed to have died concurrently (commorientes and codeceased).
(2) The inheritance of each of the comorrientes or codeceased passes to its own heirs and none of the deceased persons have any rights to the inheritance of the other or others.