German law of inheritance

Criteria for habitual residence in cross-border inheritance cases. The EU-Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions …

German probate court cannot force heirs to give address of other heirs. German probate courts are obliged to inform persons involved in an inheritance case …

Emergency will loses effect after 3 months. In an article before we dealt with the conditions for a valid „emergency will“ in German inheritance law. The aim …

Emergency will in German inheritance law. It is often through terrible accidents that people get into hospital and are faced with the situation that their …

Inventory about the estate in German inheritance law. As explained in an article before, there is a strong right to get information from the heirs, if you are …

Getting information from heirs in German Inheritance Law. If you are entitled to a compulsory share from the estate, it is absolutely vital to get information …

What is an Eidesstattliche Versicherung (declaration in lieu of an oath)? In German inheritance law if you apply for a certificate of inheritance, you have to …

What is an „Apostille“? In German inheritance law, the probate court usually asks for documents that have to be provided with an “ Apostille „. But: What is …

How to get a certificate of inheritance in Germany? In order to get access to the estate and solve everything involved with that, in Germany you need usually …

I have inherited in Germany … and my good opinion about the Germans got shattered.“ Since I usually represent foreigners who have an inheritance case in …