Art. 3441 Acceptance without administration; procedure

If you're dealing with a small succession, this rule tells you that the same basic steps apply as they would for a regular succession. This means the court process for opening the succession works the same way. It also means heirs or people named in a will can accept the property without needing someone appointed to formally administer it, just like in larger successions.

In short, a small succession isn't treated as some separate, different process. The normal rules for opening a succession and letting heirs accept property directly still apply here. The only exception is if another specific law says something different should happen for small successions.

For most people, this means you don't need to learn a whole new set of procedures just because the succession is small. You follow the same general path as any other succession case, unless a specific law tells you otherwise.