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legatees, and must notify them to present their claims within a specified time, which must not be less than two months.

The provisions of Art. 79, 2 and 3 apply in such case correspondingly.

An heir who accepts qualifiedly may, until the end of the period specified in Art. 1029, 1, refuse performance to creditors of the estate or legatees.

An heir who accepts qualifiedly must, after the expiration of the period specified in Art. 1029, 1 perform out of the estate all obligations due to those creditors who have presented their claims during such period or of whom he has knowledge, in proportion to the amounts of their respective obligations. But the rights of creditors who have rights of priority cannot be impaired thereby.

An heir who accepts qualifiedly must also perform such obligations as are not yet due, according to the provisions of the preceding article.

Conditional obligations and those whose duration is uncertain must be performed according to a valuation made by experts appointed by the court.

An heir who accepts qualifiedly must perform legacies only after performance has been made to all the creditors according to the provisions of Arts. 1031 and 1032.