Questions tagged [inheritance]
Questions about the laws relating to inheritance. Considered adding a location tag if the question is specific to a particular jurisdiction.
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Under English common law, do adopted children have the same inheritance rights as biological children?
In Iran, adopted children do not inherit from adoptive parents under the Civil Code (e.g., Article 861). I’m trying to understand how this compares with other systems, particularly English common law ...
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Is it possible to distribute inheritance equally among sons and daughters under Islamic law?
In Islamic law, the general rule is that a son inherits twice the share of a daughter. However, I would like to know if it is legally possible to distribute inheritance equally among sons and ...
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Can Bob use the family trust money, as trustee, to rebuild a house owned by the trust after a fire?
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Bob lives in a house that is owned by the family trust, Bob is the trustee and his brother Nick is the other beneficiary. Recently the house burned down and Bob collected some of ...
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Inheritance Tax: the Estate or the Beneficiaries?
Is Inheritance Tax levied on the estate, with a £325,000 exemption; or, the individual beneficiaries, each with a £325,000 exemption?
If e.g. an estate is worth £1,000,000 and there are two ...
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Does Ireland impose a 33% inheritance tax?
A friend of mine says she and her siblings will have to pay 33% inheritance tax on a property that's come to them in rather convoluted circumstances. I was a little surprised to hear this and said I'd ...
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How to fairly buy-out a sibling of an inherited house that the other has lived in for over a decade? [closed]
I rented my Grandparents house from my father for 2 years before he passed. After he passed the house was put into both my name and my brothers. We did not discuss selling as this was my home and I ...
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Brother wants to live in an house we inherited equally [closed]
My older brother and I are co-trustees and recently inherited our parent's house 50/50. Neither of us is ready to sell and I currently live far away. He has expressed interest in living in our parent'...
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Who has the right to enter the home of a deceased tenant?
If a home owner-occupier dies (and there are no other owners or occupiers), heirs inherit the property and thus the right to enter the property (at least after the inheritance is formalised). How ...
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probate - is there any requirement to prove assets were legitimately acquired?
If someone of seemingly modest means dies and is found to have significant assets of unknown origin, is there any obligation on the part of any heirs/executors to prove those assets were obtained ...
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Who is the rightful owner of stolen property? [closed]
Our mother is 100 years old and has been declared incapacitated due to dementia.
In 1969, when I was 15 and my brother was 17, our Mom instructed us to go to her mother's home and steal an item that ...
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Do heirs inherit liability for damages and wrongful death? (Poland or elsewhere)
The house to be inherited is in Poland, but I’d like to hear - from any country - the worst case scenario for the following heir.
The deceased left in his will a $100,000-worth house, with tenants, in ...
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How can an inherited copyright be released under a Creative Commons license?
Alice created a work and died without publishing it. Bob and Charlie jointly inherited the copyright. Bob wants to release it under a Creative Commons license without involving Charlie. Can he do this?...
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What happens to my software licenses when I die?
If I die, my computer or phone will pass to my estate, and then to my heirs according to my will.
What happens to the licenses I held that authorized using the software installed on those devices? ...
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Who inherits a noble title when primogeniture cannot be established?
Say we're in a jurisdiction where noble titles are inherited on the basis of primogeniture. The holder of a noble title dies, and their closest surviving heirs are twin siblings for which there is ...
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Does an inherited IRA count toward a specific bequest?
This is a question about US law. I realize there might be some differences across states.
Suppose I have a $3 million IRA with my friend Nellie listed as the beneficiary. Nellie is also mentioned ...
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