Short answer. No. Under Article 1077, a dispute among co-heirs over what must be collated does not interrupt the distribution of the estate, as long as adequate security is given. The disputed item is set aside and secured while the question is resolved, but the rest of the estate can move forward.
What the law says
Should any question arise among the co-heirs upon the obligation to bring to collation or as to the things which are subject to collation, the distribution of the estate shall not be interrupted for this reason, provided adequate security is given.
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Collation disputes do not freeze the estate
A common misconception is that a fight over what should be brought into collation stops everything until it is settled. Article 1077 says otherwise: Should any question arise among the co-heirs upon the obligation to bring to collation or as to the things which are subject to collation, the distribution of the estate shall not be interrupted for this reason, provided adequate security is given. The law favors keeping the estate moving. Heirs who agree on most of the estate should not be held hostage by a disagreement over one gift or advance, so the distribution proceeds around the disputed point rather than stalling entirely.
Adequate security is the trade-off
The rule is not a free pass to distribute and forget the dispute. It exists because provided adequate security is given — the estate, or the specific property in question, must still be protected so the disputed share can be paid or corrected once the question is resolved. Practically, this means the portion tied to the disagreement is not simply handed out and spent; something must stand behind it so that whichever heir turns out to be right can still be made whole. The security requirement is what makes it safe to keep moving instead of freezing everything until the collation question is decided.
What collation is settling
Collation is the accounting step where certain gifts or advances a compulsory heir already received from the deceased during their lifetime are added back, on paper, to compute everyone's legitime fairly. A dispute over collation usually means an heir denies that a gift should count, or disagrees about its value. Because that dispute affects only how the shares are calculated, not whether the rest of the estate can be identified and distributed, the law lets the uncontested portion move forward. The heir who benefited from the questioned gift may end up owing an adjustment once the dispute is resolved, which is exactly what the security is there to cover.