Erbe lives abroad
In the case of inheritances, the heir often has to be identified or notified. If the heir lives abroad, if you are also the legal heir, you must endeavor to find the heir. You run the risk of being called upon at some point later.
If you are the legal heir after the occurrence of an inheritance and have to share your inheritance with another legal heir, there may be organizational problems if your co-heir lives abroad.
No official obligation to investigate abroad
- If necessary, the probate court must determine ex officio the further legal heirs if it has clues as to where to look. Assume that the probate courts have little interest in getting involved in this, given the amount of research that can be expected.
- The determination of the Inherit abroad, however, should be in your interest. If you take over the entire estate, you must expect that one day your co-heir will show up and claim his share of the inheritance from you.
Investigator researches where Erbe lives
- So you should try to find your co-heir abroad and use all the options available to you.
- You can also get a professional Heir investigator who will research on your behalf where the co-heir lives abroad. Assume that he will charge 10-20% of the estate's value as a fee.
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Risk of appointing a curator
- Your interest in identifying the heir abroad is mainly based on the fact that the probate court is responsible for securing the estate until the acceptance of the heritage has to ensure the security of the estate through all heirs. For this purpose, the probate court can block bank accounts, order the deposit of money, securities or valuables and appoint a curator for the heir abroad.
- You then first have to deal with the curator of the estate. If you want to sell an inherited property, it will be difficult for you, as the estate administrator cannot assess the extent to which your co-heirs are also in one sale is interested.
- If you are not an heir yourself and the heir cannot be determined abroad either, the probate court can determine the tax authorities as heirs.
- Your co-inheritance abroad can turn out to be inheritance. The disclaimer period begins at the point in time at which he becomes aware of the inheritance and is six weeks.
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