Cap. 16 Art. 209or in default of secret or public will.

(1) Where there is no secret or public will, the demand referred to in the last preceding article, may be made immediately upon the expiration of the times respectively established in article 205.

(2) Upon such demand the court shall hear the attorney or curator, if any, and, if expedient, shall issue an edict similar to that referred to in article 206, causing it to be posted up as provided in that article; and it shall give the requisite decree on that demand after the lapse of six months from the publication of the edict.