A successor may be deprived of his right of inheritance under any of the following circumstances:
（1） Intentionally killing the decedent;
（2） Killing other heirs in order to compete for the inheritance;
（3） Abandoning a decedent or maltreating a decedent to a serious extent;
（4） Forging, altering or destroying a will, to a serious extent.
[Legal basis] According to Article 7 of the Inheritance Law, if the successor has one of the following acts, he will lose the right of inheritance:
（1） Intentionally killing the decedent;
（2） Killing other heirs in order to compete for the inheritance;
（3） Abandoning a decedent or maltreating a decedent to a serious extent;
（4） Forging, altering or destroying a will, to a serious extent.
