How to divide objects belonging to the estate – such as real estate property? Facts C died on January 29, 2006, leaving two daughters as legal heiresses. An inheritance division case has been pending since 2007. Two 2.5 room apartments – one in the Canton of Grisons, one in the canton of Ticino – are i.a. part of the estate.… Read More »Auction of estate assets
Facts of the case The testator C died in December 2012, leaving five relatives as legal heirs. The estate included, inter alia, two apartments in a residential building. B became sole heir to these apartments due to an objective-partial division of the estate. A as well as E and F each owned an apartment in this residential building. C drew… Read More »No discernible, express will to testate
Active, self-determined estate planning Have you made your own arrangements for your estate? Are you fully utilizing your options? Swiss law determines who will inherit and how much if you remain inactive. How much your legal heirs (blood relatives, surviving spouse) will receive (so-called inheritance quota) depends on your family circumstances. A distinction is made whether you are single or… Read More »Proportional right to an inheritance
Who will inherit you if you remain inactive? If you die intestate, without a will or inheritance contract (aka contract of succession) (so-called testamentary disposition upon death), the statutory succession applies. The law determines who will inherit you (so-called legal or statutory heirs) and with what share (so-called inheritance quota). The revised inheritance law does not affect the statutory succession… Read More »Legal / statutory heirs
Today is the United Nations’ International Day of older persons. The question may arise as to whether you are capable of making a will despite serious illness. Are you seriously ill and wish to provide for your loved ones? The testator developed cancer and died of it in December 2014. Prior to this, he registered his partnership with C in… Read More »Testator’s capacity and serious illness
