Inheritance and Estate Law: Articles

Searching for unknown heirs, the public notice under TMK Article 594, official administration and the State's liability; a guide to how an heir who appears later can prove the claim, with records, land registry entries and time limits.

The differences between a substitute heir and an accruing heir: order of death, transfer timing, security, land registry annotation, unborn persons and protection of the reserved portion.

Differences between opening, the certificate of inheritance and registration; debtors of the bequest, time limits and the implementable judgment.

Opening of a will and the distinction between an appointed heir and a legatee. Enforcement (tenfiz), land registry entry, delivery of property, time limits and required documents.

Appointment of an executor of a will and the acceptance period. Authorization to sell, authority to sue, accountability, fee, removal and liability for damages.

Do paternity, acknowledgment or disavowal of filiation change inheritance shares? Current lawsuit rights, time limits, DNA evidence and correcting a certificate of inheritance.

How are the surviving spouse's inheritance share, participation claim and family home rights calculated? Review the property regime, court, evidence and time limits.

Formal requirements, duty of care, termination, title cancellation and the rights of heirs in a contract of maintenance until death. Time limits, evidence and safeguards.

Lapses in care, termination of the contract, the lifetime annuity option and the care debtor's claim to the title.

The different positions of the transferring party, the heir and the creditor, apparent sale, hidden gift and the rules of proof.

What rights does a person who built structures or planted trees on inherited real property have? Determination of improvements, proof, legal interest and calculation of the sale price.

The four grounds for loss of inheritance rights, the effect of criminal proceedings, pardon and the rights of descendants. Review determination, certificates of inheritance and routes to apply.

Grounds for disinheritance, burden of proof, reserved share and descendants’ rights. Learn the difference between annulment and abatement, time limits and the documents needed.

The formal requirements of an inheritance contract and the difference between appointing an heir and bequeathing specific property. Binding effect, reserved portions, later dispositions and ways of ending the contract.

Written form, participation of all heirs and land registry entry in an estate partition agreement. Price difference, cancellation, debts and the mediation route.

Evaluates a registration claim through the type of ownership on the date the agreement was made, the signatures and the history of the parcel.

What happens when a new asset or debt surfaces after an estate has been divided? Additional partition, an heir's recourse right, time limits and a worked example.

Attachment on an inheritance share because of an heir’s personal debt. Joint ownership and co-ownership in shares, sale, the 2026 auction rules and the rights of other heirs.

Mediation, partition in kind and sale of inherited property. Review the first-auction rule introduced in 2026, valuation, auction price and the calculation for improvements (muhdesat).

How a claim to correct the land registry relates to the certificate of inheritance; the first transferee, later purchasers and time limits in cadastral matters.