Lawyer for inheritance law

Inheritance law is a branch of law that regulates the distribution of property after the death of a natural person - the testator. This area of ​​law determines who will inherit the property, how it will be distributed, and the rules that must be followed in the process.

The office provides legal counseling services to clients regarding legal inheritance and in cases of inheritance through a will, drafting a will, declarations of recognition and renunciation of inheritance, agreements on lifelong support, agreements on the distribution and assignment of property during life, proposals for the initiation of probate proceedings, protection of the necessary inheritance actions, lawsuits regarding inheritance-legal relations. The aforementioned services also include representation of clients in proceedings before courts and public notaries in the field of inheritance law.

Key aspects of inheritance law include:

• Successors:

• Legal inheritors: inheritors designated as such by law.
• Testamentary inheritors: inheritors designated by the testator in the will.

• Will: a statement of will in which the testator expresses his intention regarding the distribution of property. In the Republic of Serbia, there are different forms of wills, such as allographic, holographic, judicial, oral, etc.
• Legal inheritance: if there is no will, the property is divided according to the legal provisions on inheritance, respecting the order of inheritance.
• Waiver of inheritance: the inheritors can waive the inheritance if they do not want to take over the decedent's assets or debts.
• Inheritance law agreements: it is possible to conclude an inheritance law agreement, such as a lifetime maintenance agreement and an agreement on the distribution and assignment of property during life, which regulate the transfer of property during life.
• Rights and obligations of the heirs: the inheritors not only enter into the rights, but also into the eventual obligations of the decedent.

Inheritance-legal relations are often, like family relations, complex, primarily because both personal and property-legal aspects of the closest family members and relatives are involved. Because of all this, it is essential to initiate procedures in a timely and proper manner to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of the decedent's property, which is only possible with the professional help of a lawyer in order to prevent or minimize the unwanted legal consequences of such procedures. Our office is at your disposal during this process.

Legislation

In the Republic of Serbia, inheritance law is regulated by the Law on Inheritance, which prescribes rules on inheritance, obligations of inheritors, rights and procedures.