Book Three: LAW OF SUCCESSION › Part Two: DEVOLUTION OF THE ESTATE › Chapter Three: PARTITION OF THE ESTATE › Division One: COMMUNITY OF HEIRS PRIOR TO PARTITION A. Effect of the devolution of the estate
The heirs shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the estate.
Appropriate compensation to be paid to adult children and grandchildren who lived with their parents or grandparents and devoted their labour or income to the family shall be deemed a debt of the estate, provided that the estate does not thereby become insolvent.
Original Turkish text
MADDE 641 · II. Mirasçıların sorumluluğu
Mirasçılar, tereke borçlarından müteselsilen sorumludurlar.
Ana ve baba veya büyük ana ve büyük baba ile birlikte yaşayan ve emeklerini veya gelirlerini aileye özgüleyen ergin çocuklar ile torunlara verilecek uygun miktardaki tazminat, bu yüzden terekenin borç ödemeden acze düşmemesi kaydıyla tereke borcu sayılır.