As a rule, no, if the grandchild’s parent, being the testator’s child, is alive and would themselves be first in line under statutory succession.
A grandchild can, however, enter the circle of entitled people when, among other things, their parent:
- did not survive the opening of the estate,
- rejected the statutory inheritance due to them,
- was found unworthy of inheriting,
- was disinherited.
A special rule applies to disinheritance: the descendants of a disinherited child keep their right to a reserved share even when their disinherited parent survived the testator.
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