Family, Inheritance and Law of Persons: Articles

How is actual income determined in a maintenance case? The SED report, bank and company records, the claim of concealed income, and an evidence guide with Court of Cassation rulings.

How to handle foreign death and family records, apostilles, translations, name differences and missing-document requests in estate matters in Türkiye.

Disputes over a freeze on an inherited bank account and over joint accounts: withdrawals by a single heir, restitution claims, time limits and comparative Court of Cassation decisions.

Contribution alimony covers a child's costs, private school fees and each parent's contribution. Court of Cassation rulings on calculation and double payment.

Can dollar or euro maintenance be converted into Turkish lira? The distinction between TBK Articles 99 and 138, the 2025 Court of Cassation decision, exchange rate increases, child support and adjustment conditions.

How many years of past-due alimony can be claimed? The ten-year limitation period, the time limit for a new action, interruption and suspension, a monthly calculation table and Court of Cassation decisions.

Waiving alimony in an uncontested divorce, the child's right, annual increases and school costs. How the protocol can be changed later, with guidance on applying the 2026 decisions.

The applicable law, document file, tax deadlines and asset-by-asset transfer steps for foreign heirs and persons living abroad.

Apostille, translation, recognition, enforcement, land-registry transfer and the new Turkish certificate are separate questions; opposing views and the European Certificate of Succession.

Notary limits, applications to the civil court of peace, family records and foreign-law research; current decisions and wrong document routes.

A guide to establishing a new foundation by will: sufficiency of assets, application after death, reserved-portion calculation, heirs' actions and management after registration.

A guide to interpreting unclear will wording, covering manifest errors, old and new land registry entries, multiple wills and the limits of form.

A guide that distinguishes conditions, modal burdens (yükleme) and legacy claims (vasiyet alacağı), explaining questions of invalidity, performance, standing and time limits through concrete practical questions.

Consulate and foreign notary routes; separating transfer, sale, collection and special authority; document delivery and accountability.

Unemployment, retirement, remarriage, income increase and foreign-currency maintenance. The distinctions between reduction, termination and automatic expiry, with recent decisions.

Requirements for interim, poverty, child and support maintenance; calculation, time limits, increases and enforcement routes. With a recent Constitutional Court decision and Court of Cassation examples.

Enforcement for unpaid maintenance, the difference between accrued arrears and current debt, complaint deadlines and coercive imprisonment, with Court of Cassation decisions and a document table.

The requirements for increasing maintenance, the effect of inflation and of the child’s education expenses, the court process and important court decisions from 2026.

Conditions, the six-month period, special register entry, security, proof and liquidation in an action to annul a disclaimer of inheritance, with the distinction from TMK Article 618 and annulment of disposition.

A practical guide to the special abatement route open to a creditor when an indebted heir whose reserved portion has been infringed does not sue, covering documents, formal notice, time limits and the limits on collection.