The question of the applicable law in German-American inheritance cases is particularly interesting against the background of the differences between the Anglo-American legal system (common law) and the continental European legal system (civil law). The question cannot be answered uniformly, but only from the respective perspective.<\/p>\n
From a German perspective, the applicable law since 17 August 2015 through the European Succession Regulation<\/a> determined. According to Article 21 of the EU Succession Regulation, the habitual residence is decisive. This is the place where the deceased had their actual centre of life at the time of their death. The deceased must also want to reside there and be socially integrated. A choice of law in accordance with Article 22 of the EU Succession Regulation would take precedence. A choice of law can be made in favour of the law of the deceased's nationality at the time of death. You can find further information in our Article on the applicable law under the EU Succession Regulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the USA, there are no standardised rules according to which the applicable law is to be assessed. Rather, the respective state law (statues) must be observed. In general, however, it can be said that in the USA the connecting factors of the domicile <\/em>for movable property and the location of immovable property (lex rei sitae).\u00a0<\/p>\n The domicile <\/em>must not be confused with habitual residence. The domicile <\/em>requires a stronger consolidation of residence and the will to stay there and not to return. In this respect, habitual residence is established sooner and domicile <\/em>before.<\/p>\n From a US perspective, this can lead to a so-called estate division. If the immovable assets are divided according to the law of their location and the movable assets according to the law of the domicile <\/em>two inheritance rights apply to the same estate but different objects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die Frage des anwendbaren Rechts im deutsch-amerikanischen Erbfall ist vor allem vor dem Hintergrund der Unterschiede zwischen dem anglo-amerikanischen Rechtskreis (common law) und dem kontinentaleurop\u00e4ischen Rechtskreis (civil law) interessant. Die Beantwortung der Frage kann n\u00e4mlich nicht einheitlich, sondern nur aus der jeweiligen Sicht erfolgen. Die deutsche Sicht Aus deutscher Sicht wird das anwendbare Recht seit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":428,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1080","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe US view<\/h2>\n