Succession statement: Legal fact

Abstract

Starting from the circumstance that after the death of a man, his inheritance is opened, and that his legacy can be inherited by law or on the basis of the testator's last will - testamentary, within the conducted probate procedure, the paper deals with the issue of inheritance statement characteristic and legal effect. In particular, the paper presents who can give a successor's statement, in what form, to what extent, at what time and what qualitative abilities he must have. Also, the paper explains the probate procedure through phases starting from the knowledge of the competent authority that a person has passed away until the decision on inheritance is made.

Keywords

• positive inheritance statement
• negative inheritance statement
• persons authorized to give an inheritance statement
• legal capacity
• legacy