Do the deceased's parents inherit from his retirement salary, or is the salary limited to his wife and children?
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If the pension is among the rights of the deceased, then it is added to his estate and distributed among the heirs according to their prescribed shares. The wife takes one-eighth, the mother and the father each take one-sixth, and the remainder goes to the children, with the male receiving the share of two females. However, if the pension is a grant from the employer, then it is disbursed according to what that entity has decided; otherwise, it is divided like an inheritance.
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