VGS-family-lawyers
London

+44 2039665531

Milan

+39 0250043613

  • Home
  • Who we are
  • Practice Areas
    • Separation and Divorce
      • Divorce Lawyers in Italy
      • Child Custody
      • Alimony
    • Inheritance
      • Italian Inheritance and Succession
      • Probate and Contested Probate
      • Wills
    • Tax
      • Asset Protection
      • Estate Planning and Management
      • Trust
    • Relocation
      • Italy Real Estate Legal Advice
    • Criminal Law
      • Stalking
      • Defamation
      • Domestic Violence
    • Juvenile Law
      • Adoption
      • Child Abduction
      • Stepchild Adoption
    • Personal Injury
      • Medical Malpractice
      • Product Liability
      • Road Accident
  • People
    • Avv. Valentina Giarrusso
    • Avv. Giuliana Marchese
    • Avv. Federica Cicero
    • Avv. Stefania Calandra
    • Avv. Francesco Di Leonardo
    • Avv. Manlio Beninati
    • Avv. Antonio Petrin
    • Avv. Enrico Filpi
    • Dr. Fabrizio Di Patti
    • Dr. Roberta De Simone
    • Dr. Mirko Graditi
  • News & Blog
  • Free Consultation

Italian Inheritance Law: how to accept the succession

  • by VGS' Editorial Board
  • 17 June 2020
  • Comments (0)

According to Italian Law, heirs are those subject who decided to accept the succession. Therefore, individuals may officially become heirs only through the acceptance of succession. Specifically, there are two ways to accept the succession: you may accept the succession expressly through notary act. Contrarily, you can accept the succession tacitly, for example by taking an action that presupposes your intention to accept. 

 

Italian Law states some cases where the tacit acceptance takes place. For instance, the subject who sell or donate a certain asset or who fails to report succession inventory within 3 months for the succession. In addition, it is also considered tacit acceptance the payment of debts of the succession s through succession estates or accepting a certain payment with the purpose of satisfying deceased’s debts. Contrarily, tacit acceptance does not involve any possible assumption because of the nature of the preserving acts the heir should undertake

 

Both tacit and express paths to accept the succession are both unilateral acts and it must cover the whole estate including any assets, good, rights, and debts.

 

In addition, succession acceptance may be standard or with benefit of inventory. The standard acceptance involves the fully acceptance of the estate; including debts and passive legal relationship. Doing so, heir’s personal asset and deceased’s asset will be united and the heir shall answer for deceased’s debt. Contrarily, the acceptance with benefit of inventory prevents that heir and deceased’s assets do not combine. Doing so, the heir will only answer to deceased’s debts to the extent of the value of inherited assets.

 

 

  • Italian Estate
  • Italian Inheritance
  • Italian Will
  • Share:
Previous Article: Italian alimony and spouse’s inheritance
Next Article Determination of Italian Inheritance shares

Practice Areas

  • Divorce Lawyers in Italy
  • Tax
  • Relocation
  • Italian Inheritance and Succession
  • Criminal Law
  • Juvenile Law
  • Personal Injury

Free Consultation

    Tags

    Child Maintenance Child Support Compensation Coronavirus Former Spouse Infidelity Italian Adoption Italian Alimony Italian Allowance Italian Birth Certificate Italian Child Custody Italian Child Maintenance Italian Child Support Italian Contracts Italian Crime Italian Criminal Law Italian Divorce Italian Divorce Judgment Italian Entry Visa Italian Family House Italian Family Law Italian Family Mediation Italian Inheritance Italian Legal Advice Italian Marriage Italian Medical Malpractice Italian Personal Injury Italian Pillon DDL Italian Property Italian Real Estate Italian Residents Italian Separation Italian Shared Custody Italian Stepchild Adoption Italian Tax Italian Will Legal guide Misappropriation Parenthood Relocation in Italy Road Accident Stalking Supreme Court Two Fathers Visiting Rights

    Social Links

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter

    See also:

    VGS Lawyers

    VGS - Corporate Lawyers

    © Copyright 2021 | VGS - Italian Family Lawyers | All right reserved.