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If there is no will, intestate succession applies. This means that the relatives specified in the German Civil Code (BGB) inherit.

With a will, you can largely determine who should inherit your assets after your death. A will is particularly advisable if the legally prescribed order of inheritance does not correspond to your wishes. The will then takes precedence over the legal order of inheritance, provided you have made provisions in it. Freedom of testation is restricted by the law of compulsory shares..

A clearly formulated last will and testament often makes an important contribution to ensuring that... family peace to secure this. Because family disputes repeatedly arise following deaths when the deceased has not left a will.

Anyone who is at least 16 years old and of sound mind may write a will. Those who are 16 but not yet 18 years old must have their will notarized.

The will must be formally valid, i.e., you must... Formal requirements of the Civil Code retain.

Two options are conceivable:

Variant 1: They leave the will to be certified by a notary public. The notary drafts the will according to your wishes. You sign the document. The notary then notarizes the will.

Variant 2: you write the will themselves. Here you must observe certain formal requirements, e.g.:

• You must read the will personally to produce (§ 2064 BGB).
• Furthermore, you must make your will. handwritten create and at the end with your first and last name the unterschreibThese provisions serve as evidence and a conclusive document. It should be clearly evident that you wrote the will yourself, that it is therefore your last will and testament. This is therefore sufficient. notThe will should be written on a computer, printed out, and signed. Furthermore, the signature should clearly indicate that the will is complete and finalized.
• For Spouses and registered civil partners, the A joint will wish to write, apply Mold simplifications: Here it is sufficient if one spouse or life partner writes the will by hand and both life partners/spouses sign it at the end.
  Attention: The simplified form applies not For engaged couples. A previously drafted joint will will be... not Valid through a later marriage. Unmarried partners can before the Notary but one Contract of inheritance shut down.
• It's best to also include place and date at the place where you wrote the will.

Wills drafted by laypersons are often invalid., weil the formal requirements were not met . Then the statutory rules of inheritance apply again.Legal advice from a Specialist lawyer for inheritance law or Notary It is therefore advisable in any case if you want to draw up a legally valid will.

Whether you create (or have created) a handwritten will or a notarized will is a personal decision. Consider the following when making your decision:

A Writing your own will is free.However, there is the Risk of expressing yourself ambiguously. , or Make formal errors. Both of these things can lead to the people you wanted to favor ultimately not being considered.

A Having a will notarized costs money.For an estate worth €500.000, a notarized individual will costs approximately €935 plus expenses such as postage, copies, and VAT; a joint will or inheritance contract costs approximately €1.870 plus expenses. However, with a notarized will, you can be certain that the Will legally valid at a hunt.

• Let yourself be inspired by a Specialist lawyer for inheritance law or a Notary advise. Also, consider... Tax advisor or specialist lawyer for tax law Additionally, if you have any questions about Inheritance tax would like to clarify.
• Use a [method/method] for your will. clear headinge.g. “My Will”, so that your serious testamentary intent is recognized.
• Write your will Handwritten and legible from the first to the last word.
• If your will several pages Has, number They these.
• State your wishes very specifically. and use the correct terms“Bequeathing” (legacy) is not “inheriting” (inheritance), see below.
• Name the intended recipients precisely., best with First and last name as well as date of birth.
• If you are considering a club or company, name Company/association name and company/association headquarters (Address), if applicable with Name of the branch or location, whom you would like to remember. KRASS e.V., for example, has locations in Düsseldorf, Trier, Hamburg, Lüneburg, and outside of Germany. If you would like to remember a specific location, please state this in your will.
• Chipwork They have multiple heirs. Inheritance shares precisely determined.
• If you have forgotten something important in your will, you can amend it. In that case, you must... Sign the added passage again.
• Keep your Swiss confidence and make sure that your Will will definitely be found after your death is.

The freedom to make a will is legally limited by the right to a compulsory share of the estate. Certain relatives, even if disinherited, are always entitled to a compulsory share. They can only be completely excluded from the inheritance in extreme exceptional cases.

I. If you are a Individual will have written, so not jointly with your spouse You can make provisions in your will. You can revoke this at any time in various ways:

1. You can, for example, This can be revoked by a will of revocation. Then the statutory rules of inheritance apply. Note that for the revocation will the legal formal requirements for a will apply. Also a You can revoke a will. übrigens This can be revoked at any time by will. In case of doubt, the original will applies as if it had never been revoked.
2. Or You can make a single will to override by writing a new willThen the content of the new will applies insofar as it contradicts the content of the old will. Therefore, the Including the date in the will is important.
3. You can yours Individual will to destroy (tear it up, burn it) and thereby revoke it.

II. If you are a joint will with your spouse If you have already drawn up a joint will, you can revoke it together during your lifetime. Both spouses can do this. The will can also be unilaterally revoked., whereby the revocation of notarial certification requirement.

The heritage He becomes the universal successor. He assumes the rights and obligations of the deceased. He owns the all of the deceased's assetsThis happens automatically upon death.

Is there several heirs, each of them receives one fraction of the total assetsIn the case of intestate succession, it is not, for example, the daughter who inherits the house, the son who inherits the car, etc., but rather the daughter and son each inherit 1/4 of the house and the car, and the widow inherits 1/2 of the house and the car. Thus, the daughter, son, and widow jointly inherit the car and jointly the house. This creates a Community of heirs.

The Legatee, that is, the person who benefits from a portion of the assets without being an heir, is – unlike the heir – not automatically upon the death of the owner of the object or sum of money intended for him. Rather, the legatee has against the heirs only one claim for payment of the sum of money or return of the item. His Legal position is so weaker as the heir's.