Inheritance Law representative header imagePRACTICE AREAS

Inheritance Law

OVERVIEW

Inheritance law determines to whom a person’s assets pass upon death, the rules governing that transfer, the rights and liabilities of heirs and the manner in which the estate is distributed. Statutory succession, testamentary dispositions, reserved shares and estate debts are among its central subjects.

SERVICE SCOPE

Principal service areas

  1. 01

    Obtaining and challenging certificates of inheritance

  2. 02

    Determination, preservation, inventory and administration of the estate

  3. 03

    Procedures for the actual or deemed disclaimer of inheritance

  4. 04

    Interpretation, annulment and enforcement of wills and inheritance agreements

  5. 05

    Reduction claims based on reserved shares and equalisation among heirs

  6. 06

    Cancellation and registration of title deeds due to collusive transfers by the deceased

  7. 07

    Distribution of the estate and dissolution of co-ownership