Statutory Share for Heirs
am 01.07.2007 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. Under German inheritance law, certain relatives of decedents may receive a statutory share from an estate if a testator excludes them from an inheritance or if they waive the portion of the estate that otherwise falls to them. The provisions on the situation involving waivers is cumbersome.
A bill to reform this aspect of the inheritance provisions in the Civil Code, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, is circulating in the German government. For a comparison of existing and proposed law, see a blog article in German, Reform des Pflichtteilsrechts, of June 22, 2007 in Erbrechtsblog.
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