70. Whoever claims a right occurring to an absentee must prove that such absentee was living at the time the right accrued; in default of such proof his demand is not admitted.
71. A succession falling to an absentee devolves exclusively upon those who would have shared with him or her, or to those who would have succeeded in his or her stead.
72. The provisions of the 2 preceding articles do not affect proceedings for the recovery of inheritances and of other rights. Right of action for such recovery belongs to the absentee, his or her heirs and legal representatives, and is only extinguished by the lapse of time required for prescription.
73. So long as the absentee does not reappear, or proceedings are not taken on his behalf, those to whom the succession has devolved acquire as their own the profits received by them in good faith.