1. data protection at a glance
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- German Inheritance Law (October 9, 2025)
- Overview of German inheritance law (October 9, 2025)
- When does German inheritance law apply? (June 30, 2021)
- How is the statutory order of inheritance structured? (June 30, 2021)
- What rights does the surviving spouse have? (June 30, 2021)
- When is a will legally valid? (June 30, 2021)
- Compulsory share law (30 June 2021)
- Acceptance and rejection of inheritance (June 30, 2021)
- Individual questions (9 October 2025)
- Estate administration (June 30, 2021)
- Right of heirs to information from banks (June 30, 2021)
- Right of the person entitled to a compulsory share to information from the heirs (June 30, 2021)
- Partition auction (June 30, 2021)
- Power of attorney for health care and personal welfare (June 30, 2021)
- Advance directive (June 30, 2021)
- Berlin Testament (June 30, 2021)
- Obligation to deliver wills (30 June 2021)
- Debts of the deceased (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance tax reporting by banks (June 30, 2021)
- Community of heirs (June 30, 2021)
- Recourse against heirs by the social welfare provider (June 30, 2021)
- Certificate of inheritance (30 June 2021)
- Inheritance agreement: Surrender of detrimental gifts (June 30, 2021)
- Life insurance (June 30, 2021)
- Compulsory portion (30 June 2021)
- Executor of a will (June 30, 2021)
- Revocation of inheritance contracts and joint wills (June 30, 2021)
- Estate liabilities (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance tax law in international inheritance cases (June 30, 2021)
- Berlin Testament: The most common mistakes (June 30, 2021)
- Identification of heirs (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance contract: The most common misunderstandings (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance agreement and prenuptial agreement: What is the difference? (June 30, 2021)
- Disclaimer of inheritance in the case of an incapacitated heir (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance and social assistance (August 19, 2021)
- Care provided to the deceased: Claims against co-heirs? (August 19, 2021)
- Funeral expenses (October 6, 2021)
- Disclaimer of inheritance for minor children (June 14, 2022)
- Contesting the acceptance of an inheritance or the failure to meet the deadline for disclaiming it (1 July 2022)
- Are capital gains from the sale of inherited or gifted real estate (properties, condominiums, leasehold rights) subject to taxation in Germany? (August 18, 2022)
- Adoption and Inheritance Law (October 20, 2022)
- Compulsory share: On the amount of the spouse's compulsory share (October 20, 2022)
- Partial certificate of inheritance (11 February 2023)
- Disclaimer of inheritance (February 28, 2023)
- Valuation claim of the person entitled to a compulsory share (February 28, 2023)
- Compulsory share claim – Necessary information in the inventory of the estate (February 28, 2023)
- Compulsory share law – Spousal gift (February 28, 2023)
- Waiver of compulsory share and inheritance (20 March 2023)
- Prior and subsequent inheritance (24 March 2023)
- Legacy (April 6, 2023)
- Foundations as an alternative to inheritance law (April 27, 2023)
- Certificate of Executorship (June 22, 2023)
- Disability Will (August 24, 2023)
- Reversal of the disclaimer (September 14, 2023)
- Compulsory share issues in business succession (September 21, 2023)
- Division order in the will (12 October 2023)
- Emergency wills – admissibility and impact of the Corona pandemic (October 19, 2023)
- Bank accounts in the estate (November 2, 2023)
- Condition in the will (November 30, 2023)
- Digital legacy (November 30, 2023)
- Marital home and real estate after the death of the spouse (November 30, 2023)
- Disinheritance – How heirs end up empty-handed (November 30, 2023)
- State inheritance law (November 30, 2023)
- Grave maintenance costs (November 30, 2023)
- Inheritance law and divorce (November 30, 2023)
- Substitute inheritance – Plan B for inheritance (November 30, 2023)
- Shareholders as testators (November 30, 2023)
- Marital property regime: The influence of the property regime on inheritance (November 30, 2023)
- Competition between post-mortem power of attorney and executorship of wills (November 30, 2023)
- Multiple wills created – How to deal with them? (November 30, 2023)
- Minor heirs (November 30, 2023)
- Estate insolvency proceedings (November 30, 2023)
- Estate administration – securing the estate after inheritance (November 30, 2023)
- Penalty clauses regarding compulsory shares and their pitfalls (November 30, 2023)
- Compulsory share settlement (November 30, 2023)
- Promise of gifts upon death (November 30, 2023)
- Will: Interpretation of the will in cases of ambiguity (November 30, 2023)
- Probate hearing (November 30, 2023)
- Testamentary capacity (November 30, 2023)
- Sale of the inheritance share (December 7, 2023)
- Wills: Subsequent amendment (December 7, 2023)
- Community of heirs – Liability of heirs towards third parties (December 7, 2023)
- Dispute among the heirs (December 7, 2023)
- Revocation of a gift (December 7, 2023)
- Spouse's advance (7 December 2023)
- Additional compulsory portion (7 December 2023)
- Alternative courses of action for the heir in the case of an encumbered inheritance (December 14, 2023)
- Usufruct – Transfer of real estate subject to usufruct as a means of structuring anticipated inheritance (5 March 2024)
- Inheritance tax – Notification of inheritance to the tax office (5 March 2024)
- Executorship of a will – Appointment of the executor (February 4, 2025)
- Legacy – When the bequest item no longer belongs to the estate (February 4, 2025)
- Inheritance tax in the community of heirs (February 4, 2025)
- Estate administrators – limitations on their scope of duties and responsibilities (February 4, 2025)
- Preliminary inheritance and subsequent inheritance (February 4, 2025)
- Inheritance tax law: Real estate in inheritance tax law (October 20, 2025)
- Compulsory share claim – Deferral of the compulsory share (20 October 2025)
- What is meant by compulsory portion supplement? (October 20, 2025)
- Community of heirs (3 June 2026)
- Overview of German inheritance law (October 9, 2025)
- International Inheritance Law (9 October 2025)
- FAQ – International Inheritance Law (October 9, 2025)
- Which inheritance law applies? (June 30, 2021)
- What do I need to consider if the estate is spread across multiple countries? (June 30, 2021)
- How can I prove I am an heir abroad? (June 30, 2021)
- Do I have a right to a compulsory share of the inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- Are German wills valid abroad? (June 30, 2021)
- Are German inheritance contracts and joint wills valid abroad? (June 30, 2021)
- Inheriting real estate abroad – what to consider? (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance tax law in international inheritance cases (August 19, 2021)
- What strategies exist for avoiding compulsory shares in international inheritance law? (October 20, 2025)
- Inheritance law in the EU (9 October 2025)
- The European Certificate of Succession (30 June 2021)
- Responsibilities under the EU Succession Regulation (30 June 2021)
- Applicable law according to the EU Succession Regulation (30 June 2021)
- The European Property Law Regulation (30 June 2021)
- Jurisdiction of German courts in cases of choice of law (June 30, 2021)
- The inheritance rights of adopted children in cases of international adoption (June 30, 2021)
- The admissibility of inheritance contracts and joint wills in Europe (30 June 2021)
- Acceptance and rejection of inheritance in international inheritance law (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance tax law in international inheritance cases (June 30, 2021)
- Opening of wills deposited abroad in Germany (5 March 2024)
- How is the transfer of ownership of real estate abroad handled in the event of inheritance? (February 4, 2025)
- Country reports (9 October 2025)
- The German-Belgian inheritance case (9 October 2025)
- Which law applies to inheritance in a German-Belgian inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- How is inheritance law regulated in Belgium? (June 30, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit in Belgium? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for the validity of wills in Belgium? (June 30, 2021)
- Does Belgium have a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- Does the inheritance have to be accepted in Belgium? (June 30, 2021)
- Can an inheritance be disclaimed in Belgium? (June 30, 2021)
- Where must inheritance tax be paid? (June 30, 2021)
- The Franco-German inheritance case (9 October 2025)
- Which law applies to the inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- Where can a European Certificate of Succession be applied for? (June 30, 2021)
- Acquisition of a property in France (June 30, 2021)
- Inheritance tax in France (June 30, 2021)
- What other costs will the heirs incur in France? (June 30, 2021)
- How is inheritance law regulated in France? (March 9, 2023)
- Does France have a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (March 9, 2023)
- Must the inheritance be accepted? (March 9, 2023)
- What are the requirements for the validity of a will? (March 9, 2023)
- Are joint wills and inheritance contracts valid in France? (March 9, 2023)
- The German-Greek inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- How is inheritance law regulated in Greece? (July 13, 2021)
- Which law applies to inheritance in a German-Greek inheritance case? (July 13, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit in Greece? (July 13, 2021)
- What are the requirements for the validity of wills in Greece? (July 13, 2021)
- Does Greece have a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (July 13, 2021)
- How does the probate process work in Greece? (July 13, 2021)
- Inheriting land in Greece (July 13, 2021)
- Where must inheritance tax be paid? (August 5, 2021)
- The German-Dutch inheritance case (9 October 2025)
- Which law applies to the inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- How is inheritance law regulated in the Netherlands? (June 30, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for a will to be valid? (June 30, 2021)
- Does the Netherlands have a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- Must the inheritance be accepted? (June 30, 2021)
- Where must inheritance tax be paid? (June 30, 2021)
- Where can a European Certificate of Succession be applied for? (June 30, 2021)
- The German-Spanish inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- The German-Polish inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- Which law applies to the inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- How is inheritance law regulated in Poland? (June 30, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for a will to be valid? (June 30, 2021)
- Does Poland have a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- How do legacies work in Poland? (June 30, 2021)
- Where must inheritance tax be paid? (June 30, 2021)
- Acceptance and rejection of inheritance in Poland (June 14, 2022)
- The German-Austrian inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- Which law applies to the inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- How is the legal order of inheritance structured in Austria? (June 30, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse or life partner inherit in Austria? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for a will to be valid? (June 30, 2021)
- Does Austria have a compulsory share of an inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- Must the inheritance be accepted? (June 30, 2021)
- Where must inheritance tax be paid? (June 30, 2021)
- The German-Italian inheritance case (October 20, 2025)
- Which law applies to inheritance in a German-Italian inheritance case? (June 9, 2023)
- How is inheritance law regulated in Italy? (June 9, 2023)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit? (June 9, 2023)
- How do the children and other relatives inherit? (June 9, 2023)
- Are joint wills and inheritance contracts valid in Italy? (June 9, 2023)
- Does Italy have a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (June 9, 2023)
- The German-Belgian inheritance case (9 October 2025)
- The habitual residence of the deceased (15 October 2025)
- Case law on international inheritance law (9 October 2025)
- Case law of the ECJ (9 October 2025)
- ECJ (Third Chamber), Judgment of 12 October 2023 – C-21/22 – Exclusion of the choice of law by a third-country national residing in an EU Member State in the case of agreements taking precedence under Article 75 of the EU Succession Regulation (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Decision of 17 July 2023 – C-55/23 (Not bound by a lower court's interpretation contrary to EU law by a superior court (here: Poland) with regard to subsidiary jurisdiction) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ (Tenth Chamber), Judgment of 30 March 2023 – C-651/21 (Declaration of renunciation of an inheritance by an heir before the court of the Member State of his habitual residence – Subsequent registration of this declaration in the register of another Member (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 9 September 2021 – C-277/20 (Choice of law in the case of inheritance contracts and gifts) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 21 December 2021 – C-394/20 (Limited tax liability: Although the reduction of the tax-free allowance is in accordance with EU law, the limited deduction of liabilities of the estate is contrary to EU law) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 2 June 2022 – C-617/20 (Conditions for the validity of a disclaimer of inheritance declared before a court of a Member State) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 1 July 2021 – C-301/21 (European Certificate of Succession, validity of a certified copy) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 9 September 2021 – C-277/20 (Contract for the benefit of third parties, inheritance contract within the meaning of the EU Succession Regulation; choice of law before the entry into force of the EU Succession Regulation) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 16 July 2020 – C-80/19 (Habitual Residence, European Certificate of Succession) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 17 January 2019 – C-102/18: (Obligation to use the official form for applying for a European Certificate of Succession) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 21 June 2018 – C-20/17 – (Oberle): (International jurisdiction for issuing a German certificate of inheritance where the deceased's last habitual residence was in another Member State) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ judgment of 1 March 2018 – C-558/16 (Mahnkopf): (Qualification of the lump-sum increase of the statutory share of the surviving spouse) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 12 October 2017 – C-218/16 – (Kubicka): (Effects under property law of a vindication legacy ordered under Polish inheritance law with regard to real estate located in Germany) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Decision of 14 June 2017 – C-67/17 (Iliev): (Interpretation of the concept of „marital property regime“) (15 October 2025)
- ECJ, Judgment of 22 December 2010 – C-497/10: [Habitual residence of legally incapacitated persons (child)] (15 October 2025)
- National case law (9 October 2025)
- Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), judgment of 25 June 2021 – II R 13/19 – (Assets of an Anglo-American trust as estate assets of the settlor) (2 March 2023)
- Munich Higher Regional Court, decision of June 22, 2022 – 31 AR 73/22 – (On determining the habitual residence of a testator who is in need of care due to illness and consequently changes his previous place of residence.) (March 2, 2023)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), Judgment of 29 June 2022 – IV ZR 110/21 – (Compulsory share claim: Violation of German public policy in choice of English inheritance law) (2 March 2023)
- Hamburg-St. Georg District Court, decision of July 15, 2022 – 970 VI 1412/19 – (A challenge pursuant to Section 2079 Sentence 2 of the German Civil Code (BGB) is excluded because it can be assumed that the testator would have made the disposition even if he had been aware of the facts.) (March 2, 2023)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), decision of 25 May 2022 – XII ZB 404/20 – (referral to the European Court of Justice for the interpretation of Art. 3 I lit. a Brussels IIa Regulation) (2 March 2023)
- Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), judgment of 17 November 2021 – II R 39/19 – (Inheritance case under Italian law) (2 March 2023)
- Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), decision of 20 September 2022 – II B 2/22 – (German inheritance taxation when an heir with US citizenship resides in Germany) (2 March 2023)
- Federal Court of Justice (Fourth Civil Senate), decision of 29 March 2023 – IV ZB 20/22 (application of a notary public in Poland entrusted with issuing a European Certificate of Succession) (22 June 2023)
- OLG Hamm (8th Civil Senate), Judgment of 15 February 2023 – 8 U 41/22 – (Interpretation of a provision in a company agreement concerning the transferability of limited partnership interests in an Austrian company during the lifetime of the partners and upon their death) (22 June 2023)
- Munich Higher Regional Court decision of 9 February 2023 – 33 UH 4/23e- (Habitual residence of a person lacking legal capacity) (22 June 2023)
- Brandenburg Higher Regional Court (3rd Civil Senate), Decision of 26 January 2023 – 3 W 71/22 – (Property Law Statute for a German-Cuban Married Couple with Close Connection to Cuba) (22 June 2023)
- FG Münster, Judgment of 23 March 2023 – 1 K 2478/21 E – Income tax treatment of distributions made on the occasion of the dissolution of a US trust (29 June 2023)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), Judgment of 10 June 1968 – III ZR 15/66 (Treatment of trust balances at an American bank) (15 October 2025)
- Berlin Higher Regional Court, decision of 26 April 2016 – 1 AR 8/16: (Habitual residence of cross-border commuters) (15 October 2025)
- Munich Higher Regional Court, decision of 22 March 2017 – 31 AR 47/17: (Jurisdiction of the probate court; no change of habitual residence for a legally incapacitated person) (15 October 2025)
- KG Berlin, Decision of 25.04.2017, 6 W 61/16 (Acting under false law) (15 October 2025)
- Supreme Court, Decision of 29 August 2017 – 5 Ob 108/17v : (Register law exception and effect of a European Certificate of Succession and German certificates of inheritance in Austria) (15 October 2025)
- OLG Hamm, decision of 2 January 2018 – I-10 W 35/17 : (Habitual residence) (15 October 2025)
- OLG Hamm, Decision of 21.03.2019 – 10 W 31/17 (Applicable law in German-Turkish inheritance cases, settlement agreements, division of the estate, qualification of § 1371 I BGB, Turkish matrimonial property law, comparability with German community of accrued gains) (15 October 2025)
- Supreme Court, Decision of 15 May 2018 – 5 Ob 35/18k : (Effect of the European Certificate of Succession and exemption from registration law) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Hamm, decision of 16 August 2018 – 15 W 256/18 : (Effectiveness of a „super legacy“) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, decision of 26 October 2018 – I-3 Sa 1/18 : (Jurisdiction for declarations pursuant to Article 13 of the EU Succession Regulation) (15 October 2025)
- Saarbrücken Higher Regional Court, decision of 23 May 2019 – 5 W 25/19 : (Land register correction based on a vindication legacy) (15 October 2025)
- French Court of Cassation, Judgment of 29 May 2019, civ. 1 No. 18 – 13.383 (Habitual Residence) (15 October 2025)
- Cologne Higher Regional Court, decision of June 5, 2019 – 2 Wx 142/19 : (Implied choice of law) (October 15, 2025)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), decision of 10 July 2019 – IV ZB 22/18: (Retroactively effective choice of German law governing the establishment of the inheritance contract) (15 October 2025)
- Berlin Higher Regional Court, decision of 03.09.2019 – 1 W 161/19 : (Recognition of a European Certificate of Succession in German land registry proceedings) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Munich, decision of 03.09.2019 – 31 Wx 313/18 (Disclaimer of inheritance in the event of inheritance before the entry into force of the EU Succession Regulation) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Celle, decision of 12 September 2019 – 6 AR 1/19: (Usual residence upon moving into a nursing home) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Munich, decision of 24 September 2019 – 31 Wx 326/18 : (Qualification of § 1371 I BGB for old cases) (15 October 2025)
- Cologne Higher Regional Court, decision of 11 December 2019 – 2 Wx 332/19: (Requirements for the declaration of lack of jurisdiction pursuant to Art. 6 EU Succession Regulation) (15 October 2025)
- Munich Higher Regional Court, decision of 10 February 2020 – 34 Wx 357/17: (Priority of substantive law over the presumption of correctness of the European Certificate of Succession) (15 October 2025)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), decision of 13 February 2020 – V ZB 3/16 (Conveyance pursuant to § 925 of the German Civil Code (BGB) only before a German notary) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Bremen, decision of 16 April 2020 – 3 W 9/20: (Applicability of German inheritance law to an estate property located in Germany belonging to a British national) (15 October 2025)
- Frankfurt Higher Regional Court, decision of 26 May 2020 – 21 SV 2/20: (International jurisdiction for the notification of a will held and opened in Germany) (15 October 2025)
- Munich Higher Regional Court, decision of 24 August 2020 – 31 Wx 241/18: (Joint wills under the EU Succession Regulation, Hague Convention on the Form of Wills, implied choice of law, retroactive effect, last habitual residence) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Rostock, decision of 25 August 2020 – 3 W 94/19: (Restriction of the reciprocal nature of a will to the lifetime of the testator) (15 October 2025)
- Frankfurt Higher Regional Court, Decision of 14 September 2020 – 21 W 59/20 : (Habitual residence; Substitution of the „marital property regime“ pursuant to Section 1371 I of the German Civil Code) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, decision of 14 October 2020 – 3 Wx 158/20 : (Listing of individual items in the European Certificate of Succession) (15 October 2025)
- Cologne Regional Court, decision of 26 October 2020 – 5 OH 91/20 : (Costs of a power of attorney in connection with the preparation of a notarial inventory of the estate) (15 October 2025)
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, decision of 20 November 2020 – 3 Wx 138/20 : (habitual residence of „Mallorca pensioners“) (15 October 2025)
- Cologne Higher Regional Court, Decision of 9 December 2020 – 2 Wx 293/20: (Relevant procedural law for the domestic appointment of an estate administrator in the case of a testator whose last habitual residence was abroad) (15 October 2025)
- Stuttgart Higher Regional Court, decision of 15 December 2020 – 8 W 342/20 : (Objections to European Certificate of Succession) (15 October 2025)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH), decision of 24 February 2021 – IV ZB 33/20: (Interpretation of a joint will to determine a choice of law) (15 October 2025)
- Case law of the ECJ (9 October 2025)
- Inheritance law in third countries (9 October 2025)
- The German-Turkish inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- Which inheritance law applies? (June 30, 2021)
- How do the children and relatives of the deceased inherit? (June 30, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for the validity of a will? (June 30, 2021)
- Are joint wills and inheritance contracts permissible? (June 30, 2021)
- Can a will be revoked? (June 30, 2021)
- Do spouses and children have a right to a compulsory share of the inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- What problems arise when former Turkish citizens acquire property in Turkey? (June 30, 2021)
- Must the inheritance be accepted? (June 30, 2021)
- What tax brackets and allowances are there? (June 30, 2021)
- The German-Swiss inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- Which inheritance law applies? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for the validity of a will? (June 30, 2021)
- Are joint wills and inheritance contracts permissible? (June 30, 2021)
- Are wills deposited or registered? (June 30, 2021)
- Acceptance and rejection of inheritance (June 30, 2021)
- Can foreigners buy property in Switzerland? (June 30, 2021)
- How is inheritance tax structured in Switzerland? (June 30, 2021)
- How do the children and relatives of the deceased inherit? (February 9, 2023)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit? (February 9, 2023)
- Do spouses and children have a right to a compulsory share of the inheritance? (February 9, 2023)
- What impact will the 2023 inheritance law reform have on existing wills? (October 20, 2025)
- The German-American inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- The German-Canadian inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- Which inheritance law applies in a German-Canadian inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the legal rules of inheritance in Canada? (June 30, 2021)
- Does Canada have a forced heirship law? (June 30, 2021)
- Are joint wills and inheritance contracts recognized in Canada? (June 30, 2021)
- Practical problems with the recognition of German wills in Canada (June 30, 2021)
- The German-English inheritance case (20 October 2025)
- Which law applies to German-English (and Welsh) inheritance cases? (June 15, 2023)
- What are the rules of intestate succession in England and Wales? (June 15, 2023)
- How does the surviving spouse or life partner inherit? (June 15, 2023)
- How do descendants and other relatives inherit? (June 15, 2023)
- Is there a forced heirship law in England and Wales? (June 15, 2023)
- What are the requirements for a will to be valid? (June 15, 2023)
- The German-Turkish inheritance case (October 9, 2025)
- FAQ – International Inheritance Law (October 9, 2025)
- Specialist lawyer for inheritance law (October 9, 2025)
- Homepage (October 9, 2025)
- Contact (October 9, 2025)
- Imprint (October 13, 2025)
- Data protection (13 October 2025)
- International Inheritance Law (26 January 2026)
- News (February 18, 2026)
- The German-Spanish inheritance case (February 20, 2026)
- Which law applies to the inheritance case? (June 30, 2021)
- I am a German citizen living in Spain. Can I stipulate that German courts have jurisdiction over my estate? (March 18, 2025)
- Is it advisable to draw up a Spanish will for real estate in Spain? (March 18, 2025)
- I live in Spain. Does Spanish inheritance law apply in my case? (March 18, 2025)
- Is a German certificate of inheritance sufficient to transfer ownership of a holiday property in Spain belonging to an estate to the heirs? (March 18, 2025)
- Who is entitled to a compulsory share of an inheritance under Spanish inheritance law? (March 19, 2025)
- General Spanish law (9 October 2025)
- How is statutory inheritance structured under Spanish law? (June 30, 2021)
- How does the surviving spouse inherit under Spanish common law? (June 30, 2021)
- What are the requirements for the validity of wills in Spain? (June 30, 2021)
- Are joint wills and inheritance contracts allowed in Spain? (June 30, 2021)
- Does Spanish law include a right to a compulsory share of an inheritance? (June 30, 2021)
- Must the inheritance be accepted? (June 30, 2021)
- The Foral rights (9 October 2025)
- Inheritance tax in Spain (as of 2026) (June 3, 2026)
- Will for property owners in Spain (June 3, 2026)
- Which court has jurisdiction in German-Spanish inheritance cases: a notary in Spain or a district court in Germany? (June 3, 2026)
- Applicable law: Inheritance in Spain as a German or as a Spaniard in Germany (June 3, 2026)
- Estate settlement and administration in Spain: A guide for your inheritance case in Spain (June 3, 2026)
- Spanish inheritance law for foreigners residing in Spain (10 June 2026)
- Estate assets and inheritances abroad (May 22, 2026)
- Legal Supports for International Heirs (May 22, 2026)
- Sitemap (August 18, 2026)