{"id":1114,"date":"2021-06-30T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rechtsanwalt-erbrecht.eu\/internationales-erbrecht\/erbrecht-in-drittstaaten\/der-deutsch-tuerkische-erbfall\/wie-erbt-der-ueberlebende-ehegatte\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:49:03","slug":"how-the-surviving-spouse-inherits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rechtsanwalt-erbrecht.eu\/en\/internationales-erbrecht\/erbrecht-in-drittstaaten\/der-deutsch-tuerkische-erbfall\/wie-erbt-der-ueberlebende-ehegatte\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the surviving spouse inherit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides the children of the deceased, the surviving spouse also inherits. a quarter <\/strong>of the estate.<\/p>\n

In addition to the parents of the deceased, the surviving spouse receives the half<\/strong> of the estate, plus three-quarters alongside grandparents, according to Article 499 of the Swiss Civil Code. However, this requires that the marriage still exists. A divorce eliminates the spouse's inheritance rights.<\/p>\n

In Turkey, prior to January 1, 2002, the law of separate property applied, meaning the surviving spouse received no share of the marital property upon the death of the other spouse. Since that date, the following applies: Participation in acquired assets<\/strong>. The surviving spouse is entitled to the half of the so-called achievement<\/strong> Acquired assets are all assets acquired by a spouse during the marriage. These include, among other things, the Wages, social benefits and the income from property<\/strong> of the deceased spouse. Only after receiving the share of the marital property, can the estate be distributed. The estate then consists solely of the portion not previously allocated to the surviving spouse.<\/p>\n

This is the legal situation when Turkish law applies to both inheritance law and matrimonial property law. However, in inheritance cases with international elements, the two sets of laws can diverge. This would be the case, for example, if matrimonial property law is governed by German law and inheritance law by Turkish law. From a German perspective, the applicable matrimonial property law for marriages concluded since January 29, 2019, is determined by...\u00a0EU Matrimonial Property Regulation<\/a>. For all marriages concluded previously, the regulations of autonomous private international law apply.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neben Kindern des Erblassers erbt der \u00fcberlebende Ehegatte ein Viertel des Nachlasses. Neben den Eltern des Erblassers erh\u00e4lt der \u00fcberlebende Ehegatte die H\u00e4lfte des Nachlasses und neben Gro\u00dfeltern drei Viertel, Artikel 499 ZGB. Dies setzt aber voraus, dass die Ehe noch besteht. Eine Scheidung l\u00e4sst das Erbrecht des Ehegatten entfallen. In der T\u00fcrkei galt vor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":424,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1114","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\t