Inheritance and Will: What Do I Have to Choose?


Questioner

We are a married couple and each have 2 children from a previous marriage. We now also have our own house and no longer have contact with my children, but we do have contact with those of my partner. If something were to happen to me and I were to die, could my children claim their inheritance from my partner?

Lawyer

Of course, the children remain heirs and are entitled to their share. You could have them disinherited for everything else you leave behind, by means of a will or last will.

Questioner

How much would it cost approximately to have a will made?

Lawyer

Under the statutory division of estates that applies in the absence of a will, the stepchildren only have a claim on the surviving spouse that is only due upon the death of the surviving spouse. However, the stepchildren can invoke a Will, on the basis of which they receive the bare ownership of certain goods from the estate and the surviving spouse retains the lifelong usufruct thereof. The surviving spouse is therefore legally well protected, but that does not alter the fact that it is wise to draw up a will in which one's own children and the stepchildren are treated equally.

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