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Article 887. The following are compulsory heirs:

(1) Legitimate children and descendants,

with respect to their legitimate parents and

ascendants;

(2) In default of the foregoing, legitimate

parents and ascendants, with respect to their

legitimate children and descendants;

(3) The widow or widower;

(4) Acknowledged natural children, and

natural children by legal fiction;

(5) Other illegitimate children referred to in

Article 287.