Dec 8, 2024
The heir's right to a share of the estate The heir is entitled to a share of the estate of the deceased. The legal portion is the minimum amount that the heir is entitled to receive from the deceased's estate. The legal portion is half of the so-called 'share of the estate', which...
Oct 28, 2024
The distribution of an inheritance does not always go as expected, and sometimes one of the partners in the estate discovers a mistake in a distribution that has already been made. In such situations, the partners have the possibility to ask for the distribution to be annulled or corrected by bringing an action for annulment in court. The...
Oct 27, 2024
Perintöä ei ole pakko ottaa vastaan. Luopumalla perinnöstä se voidaan siirtää suoraan esimerkiksi sukupolven yli ja säästää näin perintöveroissa. Tätä kutsutaan perinnöstä luopumiseksi lasten hyväksi. Hyötyä voi tulla myös siitä, että perittävän omaisuuden jakautuessa...
Oct 27, 2024
Married or unmarried couples can make a mutual testamentary will in favour of each other. The purpose of a testamentary disposition is to ensure the survival of a widowed spouse after the death of the other spouse, by ensuring that the property left by the latter...
Oct 27, 2024
Many parents would like the estate to remain undivided after the death of their spouse and to be administered by the widow or widower throughout her or his lifetime. Nevertheless, the law still allows the heirs-in-law to claim their share of the estate. A will has the possibility of limiting this...
Oct 23, 2024
If only one of the spouses has children of their own and the childless spouse dies first, the widow inherits first from the deceased childless spouse. What happens after both have died? When the widow dies, the property is distributed first to the secondary heirs of the deceased spouse (who are usually the...