Patchwork families, single parents, same-sex couples, families with step-siblings and half-siblings have long been part of normal ways of life in Saxony as well. But: the more complex and varied the family situation, the more difficult it is to settle the estate. “They were a great family – until the death of one of their parents” – that is a popular classic among notaries, which points out that missing or unclear inheritance regulations often cause a lot of bad blood among the descendants.
Fair inheritance while still alive
How can that be avoided? How can a fairly shared inheritance be regulated while still alive? To answer these and many other questions, the LVZ again invites you to the large readers’ forum with the Saxon Chamber of Notaries. The event, which this time will be carried out digitally due to the Corona restrictions, will take place on Thursday, March 11th from 6.30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the lvz.de portal. The notaries who will inform you digitally live from the LVZ dome include Prof. Matthias Wagner, Dr. Christian Flache, Hans-Jörg Jarke and Notary Jana Gruschwitz – all from Leipzig.
Stepchildren are not automatically entitled to inheritance
One focus will be the issue of blended families, where stepchildren are not automatically entitled to inheritance rights. In the case of unmarried or divorced parents, on the other hand, according to the law, their own children automatically inherit, even if there is no estate planning.
Ex-partners with divorced people still have inheritance access?
But what if your own child is still a minor? “If the parents had joint custody until the inheritance, the remaining parent also manages the assets inherited from the other parent for the minor child until the child is of legal age,” says Tim Hofmann, Managing Director of the Saxony Chamber of Notaries. In the case of divorced people, this could lead to the strange constellation that the ex-partner still receives access to the inherited assets.
By André Böhmer
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