Inheritance and bequests

Who inherits how much? How can a testamentary disposition change this?

• Inheritance law
  • General information on inheritance law
  • Estate
  • Statutory inheritance law
  • Right to a compulsory portion
  • Inheritance tax
• Last will and testament
  • Forms
  • Establishment
  • Forms of wills
  • Conditions and requirements in a will
  • Inheritance within the European Union
  • Substitute and subsequent inheritance
  • Revocation of a will
  • Costs of a will
• Probate proceedings
  • General information on probate proceedings
  • Handling the probate proceedings
  • Documents for the recording of death
  • Submission of an unconditional declaration of inheritance
  • Submission of a conditional declaration of inheritance
  • Assets abroad
  • Probate proceedings and bank secrecy
  • Heirs that can not be traced
  • Heirs that can not agree on real estate property
  • Several heirs in the case of a condominium
  • Costs of a probate proceeding
• Gifts/Asset transfer during lifetime
  • General information on gifts/asset transfer during lifetime
  • Contractual provisions for gifts
  • Pre-receipts
  • Gift agreement on death
  • Gifts - Obligation to notify (→ USP)^{German text}
  • Gift tax
• Inheritance contract