Article 389Administration of the Property of the

The administration shall cease in any of the

following cases:

(1) When the absentee appears personally or by means of

an agent;

(2) When the death of the absentee is proved and his

testate or intestate heirs appear;

(3) When a third person appears, showing by a proper

document that he has acquired the absentee's property

by purchase or other title.

In these cases the administrator shall cease in the

performance of his office, and the property shall be at the

disposal of those who may have a right thereto. (190)

CHAPTER 4 Presumption of Death