Inheritance • legacy • provisional heir • reversionary heir • substitute heir • preferential legacy • compulsory part supplement • renouncement • testamentary incapacity • testament • contract of inheritance • conditions • legal heir • unworthiness to inherit • co-heirs • liability • for liabilities of the estate • testament contesting • community of heirs • spouse's testament • certificate of inheritance • European Certificate of Succession • testament opening • testament execution • foundation by reason of death

• Formally valid testament

• What is to be considered

• How can a deposited testament be changed

• Where can a testament be deposited

• Without testament - who inherits what

• How to get your compulsory part

• Disinherison - with what consequences

• Renouncement of inheritance - the consequences

• Binds a spouse's testament forever

• How to combine inheritance and legacies

• Tax exemption for spouse and children

• What is the inheritance tax

• Can a testament be challenged

• What rights does a co-heir have

• Over-indebted estates - what to do

• For what is the heir liable

• Who uses the executor of the will

• Benefits and activities of the executor

• Can the estate be protected against attacks

• Real estate abroad - which law applies

• German testator lives e.g. in Spain - which law applies

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