Succession Abandonment vs. Unequivocal Acceptance

A dispute arose concerning the validity of a declaration of abandonment of rights to a succession, where the declarant, despite formally renouncing the inheritance, subsequently took actions inconsistent with abandonment, such as demanding payment of outstanding debts owed to the deceased's estate. The court held that the formal declaration of renunciation, made before a notary, is irrevocable unless proven to be vitiated by an error or fraud; however, the subsequent actions demonstrating intent to accept the succession, such as demanding the payment of assets belonging to the estate, effectively constituted an acceptance of the inheritance by unequivocal actions, overriding the initial declaration of abandonment.