Will: Does jewelry belong in the home?

Questioner

The will states that the house is allocated to the three daughters. Now that jewelry has been found in the house, does it belong to the contents of the house and should therefore be allocated to the daughters, or are the sons also entitled to 1/5th of the jewelry? Thank you in advance for your response.

Lawyer

Good afternoon, Household effects are the entirety of movable property serving as household goods and as furnishing and furnishing of a dwelling, with the exception of libraries and (collections of) objects of art, science or history. That is the definition in the law. Jewelry does not belong there, it does not fall under the definition of household effects. So the sons also participate.