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Is a notarized power of attorney sufficient?

Power of Attorney/ Certificate of Inheritance: My wife recently passed away. My daughter has a power of attorney document certified by the city of Wuppertal for all legal transactions. Does my daughter still need a certificate of inheritance or is th...

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Maintenance as a testamentary gift

Maintenance as a gift under inheritance law Until the death of my mother, my sister lived alone and completely free of charge in my mother's condominium. My sister consciously chose to forgo housing benefits from the social welfare office. Now, aft...

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Claim to cash assets

Dear Sir or Madam, If one child inherits 2/3 of the estimated value of the parents' home and commits to caring for the parents, does the other child, who has already been paid 1/3 of the value, have a claim to a portion of the saved cash assets afte...

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Grandchildren's inheritance law?

Hello, the situation is as follows: I am 39 years old and my biological father has passed away. I am his only daughter. However, I was adopted a few years ago (already as an adult) by my mother's new husband - I had been raised by both of them. The ...

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Am I an heir or a compulsory heir?

In the will, my mother wrote: "I appoint my 6 children as heirs. ... Gottfried shall not receive any money." I only received 1 vase and a three-piece fish cutlery set as items. The gold ring of my father, which I was supposed to receive according to ...

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Amount in account far too low on day of death

On the day of my mother's death, according to my siblings, her assets were approximately 30,000€. This amount is significantly lower than my rough estimate, as she was unable to spend at least 1,500€ of her total pension of 2,500€, even taking into a...

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Mortgage on a jointly inherited property

Three daughters form an inheritance community specified in the will after the father's death (previously undivided inheritance community). In addition to cash assets, the daughters' inheritance includes a property (single-family house). Each heir's s...

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Marital status incorrectly stated

Good day, In September 2011, I got married abroad (for the second time), explicitly with separation of property. A week later, I signed a purchase contract for a condominium in Germany. The negotiations had taken almost two years and the seller had ...

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genetic material

My friend and I want to get married. He has an illegitimate daughter. Before our relationship, I bought a house and am the sole owner on the property register, as well as the sole person responsible for the mortgage payments so far. We don't actually...

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disclaim inheritance

My great-aunt (widowed since the 1970s) passed away in early March 2012. There are no direct relatives, such as children or grandchildren, and the closest relatives are her niece (cousin of my mother), my siblings, and myself. In 2005, my great-aun...

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Inventory of estate

Dear Sir or Madam, My husband has passed away. We have 3 children together, and my husband has one child from a previous relationship. We have a joint will, a Berlin will, which names me as the sole heir. However, I have received a request from the ...

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Parental maintenance ("indirect form")

Dear Sir or Madam, One of my parents has been in need of care for a longer period of time. As the need for care continues to increase, the time is foreseeable when my parents will no longer be able to bear the associated costs themselves. Over 20 ye...

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Payout of legacies

Dear Sir or Madam, There is a sole heir, there are also legacies for children/grandchildren In addition, an executor has been appointed (6 years) Question: How can the legatee access the money legacy most quickly and securely if the executor is exp...

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Rights of the daughter

Hello, After completing an apprenticeship and studying, my daughter has no desire to work. She wants to live on social welfare benefits (Harz4) for the rest of her life and rely on basic provisions in old age. Question: Can a government agency use...

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Real estate inheritance community

Hello, we are 4 siblings and inherited 2 properties (in 2007). One is a hall, currently rented out with a joint account in place. The other is a 3-family house, with the attic apartment vacant since January 2011 and the ground floor becoming vacant i...

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Inherit grandchildren

My ex-father-in-law passed away at the end of last year. He had 3 children and my late husband was one of them. When my husband passed away 12 years ago, I renounced the inheritance for myself and my children because of his debts. Do my children or m...

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Incorrect information

Good day, My wife passed away in February 2010. In her will, she appointed her 3 children from her first marriage as heirs. She granted me a lifetime right of residence as specified in her will. Until her death, we lived in a community of gains in t...

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Inheritance law

Dear Sir or Madam, I married into a family in 2002. The parents-in-law have three daughters. Daughters 1 and 2 have each received a building plot of the same size on the property and have built a house on it. The youngest daughter and I live in the ...

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Pre-inheritance

Dear Sir or Madam, We have the following situation: My husband has two adult daughters from his first marriage. We have a 17-year-old disabled son together. Our joint assets (real estate and cash assets) amount to approximately TEU 500. We intend to...

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