Inheritance is one of the oldest legal institutions; it governs the order and determines the procedure by which the property of a deceased citizen (the estate, inherited property) passes to other persons.
The specialists of the National Expert Legal Centre (Natsionalny Ekspertno-Yuridichesky Tsentr) will provide professional legal assistance on the full range of issues of inheritance law:
- Support in the procedure for bequeathing property by will;
- Support in entering into an inheritance;
- Challenging a will and having it declared invalid;
- Restoring the time limit for accepting an inheritance;
- Establishing the fact of acceptance of an inheritance;
- Establishing the legal fact of family relationship;
- Determining the shares of inherited property;
- Including property in the estate;
- Release from the debt obligations of a deceased relative;
- Disputes over the division of inherited property, including issues of the preferential right of inheritance;
- Establishing the compulsory share in an inheritance;
- Having an heir legally declared unworthy.
Legal analysis
- review of the available documents in order to identify real legal grounds for satisfying our client's claims.
- selection of the relevant legislation and case law for the specific situation, taking into account the particulars of the dispute.
- determining the position in the case and the work plan.
Collection of the necessary information and documents
– a set of measures to gather evidence, including requests to authorised organisations, as well as to state authorities and notaries, carrying out (where necessary) a handwriting, psychological and linguistic or other expert examination, and obtaining written evidence and documents that the client does not have.
Pre-trial dispute settlement
- The pre-trial procedure for settling inheritance disputes involves representing our company's client at the stage of negotiations with the heirs to the property on issues of dividing the inherited property, determining the shares of inherited property, including property in the estate, etc. Very often, seeking qualified assistance in good time helps citizens avoid having to go to Court to protect their rights.
Court proceedings
- Representing the Client's interests in Court, carrying out the full range of actions aimed at achieving a positive result: drafting procedural documents, filing the necessary motions and involving the necessary persons in the proceedings.
Enforcement of the Court decision:
- Obtaining the Court Decision that has entered into legal force, and subsequent registration of the awarded property.