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Legal services in inheritance law

The law firm provides legal consulting services with regard to the regulation of your succession. It presents legal options for the design of your last will and testament. In addition, it accompanies heirs in the event of succession and offers legal information relating to the rights, duties and liability risks that are connected with the heritage.

Furthermore, the law firm offers legal advice in relation to the planning and implementation of corporate succession. Therefore it develops individual concepts for the transfer of an enterprise to a family member or to an external party under consideration of the individual interests of the owner.

If required, the law firm asserts the legal representation in extrajudicial and judicial proceedings. It also conducts settlement negotiations to achieve an amicable and prompt solution of inheritance conflicts in accordance with your interests.

Legal design of testamentary disposals

The law firm offers the legal design of your last will and testamentary disposals to achieve a valid succession and effective transfer of assets in consideration of the statutory framework. You also receive legal information about the requirements for an amendment or a withdrawal of existing disposals.

Legal advice for heirs

In the event of a succession, the law firm provides legal advice regarding the duties and rights of the successor and also clarifies liability risks relating to the heritage and estate.

It offers its legal services to sole heirs, entitled persons for compulsory claims and legatees as well as to members of joint heirs. It supports the effective estate administration and separation of the heritage. If required, it conducts the correspondence with the probate court regarding the proceeding for the certificate of inheritance.

Legal support for company successions

The law firm informs you about legal possibilities for the implementation of the company succession and the proceeding of the enterprise by a family member or an external party. It also presents legal measures for the initiation of the succession by the next generation and develops individual legal concepts in consideration of the statutory framework and marital claims.

Design of personal provisions

If you wish information about individual precautionary measures to take care of your matters for the event of a personal impairment at a later time, the law firm presents you appropriate provisions. Thereby, a person can act with power of attorney on behalf of you to make decisions in your interest in the event that you will be unable to act on your own. Furthermore, you receive legal advice to the content of a patient disposal for health care. Thereby, you can determine your acceptance or refusal of medical treatment in case that you are unable to explain your consent or rejection.

The legal services also include:

  • Testament, inheritance contract, spouses disposal, division order, legacy, requirement, Berliner Testament, joint will, condition, prior and subsequent inheritance, foundation law
  • Compulsory portion law, supplement compulsory portion claim
  • Hereditary title, withdrawal, challenge, compensation
  • Interpretation of last will, Interpretation contract
  • Heir´s certificate, inheritance certificate proceeding
  • Digital inheritance
  • Patient Decree, provision, power of attorney for health care
  • Mediation for the solution of inheritance conflicts

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