Abstract

The article analyses the regulation of the necessary succession in Cuban law, identifying the conditions and remedies, and pointing out that the Cuban legitimate succession, contrary to a generalised opinion, is a protective legitimate succession and does not have a welfare content. In Cuban law, the mere existence of a kinship relationship with the deceased (marriage, descent, ancestry) is not sufficient for the attribution of the status of legitimaire, since two important requirements must be met: inability to work and economic dependence. From this point of view, it seems to me that Cuban law could be taken as a model for other legislations, precisely in order to find an important new balance between the freedom to testate and the protection of the legitimated persons.