ZMIANY W PRAWIE SPADKOWYM. KONIEC DZIEDZICZENIA DŁUGÓW SPADKOWYCH
CHANGES IN THE LAW OF SUCCESSION. INHERITANCE DEBTS COME TO THE END.

Summary/Abstract: aw of succession has been subject to many significant changes in recent years. Today, we are at the point of another very significant change that comes into force on 18. Oct 2015. It entirely reverses the previous obligatory course of inheritance’s acceptance. In the legal status applicable before that amendment, in principle, heir accepted inheritance "simple", i.e. without any limitation of liability for inheritance debts. However, from the day the amendment comes into force, in principle, heir accepts inheritance "with the benefit of an inventory". Also the way an inventory shall be drawn up has been changed. The changes introduced by the recent novel are intended to improve the position of those heirs who often have been unaware of the obligation to submit the declaration of inheritance’s acceptance or rejection required by the Law of succession, and have accepted an inheritance "simple", often with large debts, thus have been made liable with all their properties and sometimes fallen into very big financial troubles.

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