European Certificate of Inheritance
24.11.2025
The European Succession Regulation created the European Certificate of Succession (ECS) to facilitate the settlement of cross-border inheritance cases within the EU. The European Certificate of Succession Authorities issue the …
Transmission/Inheritance of the Right of Succession
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Transmission Transmission, also known as the inheritance of the right of succession. Through transmission, the right of succession itself can be inherited. This means that if the heir of the …
Inheritance Claim
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
An inheritance claim (also called Erbklage) is used to have uncertain or disputed inheritance claims clarified in court. What is an Inheritance Claim? An inheritance claim § 823 ABGB (also …
Inheritance Purchase
24.11.2025
An inheritance purchase means that a person sells their future inheritance claims in exchange for money or other consideration. It is a compensated transfer of the right of inheritance between …
Asset Release Procedure
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Asset Release Procedure The asset release procedure enables entitled persons to obtain movable assets located in Austria from a deceased person, without a complete formal probate process. In practice, the …
Renunciation of Inheritance
24.11.2025
Renunciation of Inheritance An inheritance waiver is a contract that one concludes during their lifetime in order to waive the inheritance in whole or in part. Unless otherwise specified, one …
Unworthiness to Inherit
24.11.2025
In Austrian law, unworthiness to inherit constitutes a ground for exclusion from inheritance rights. It applies when a person stands in a certain relationship to the deceased and has committed …
Declaration of Acceptance of Inheritance
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The declaration of acceptance of inheritance is the formal decision of an heir as to whether they accept or reject the inheritance. Declaration of Acceptance of Inheritance A declaration of …
Disclaimer of Inheritance
24.11.2025
The disclaimer of inheritance occurs when a person entitled to inherit declares that they do not accept the inheritance after the death of the testator. Disclaimer of Inheritance The disclaimer …
Burial
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
A funeral is when the body or ashes of a deceased person are brought to a fixed place, for example, into a grave in the earth or the ashes are …
Care bequest
24.11.2025 | Law
Care bequest The care legacy is a legally regulated financial contribution for legal heirs who have regularly and extensively provided unpaid care to the deceased in the last three years …
Body Donation
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Body Donation Body donation refers to the voluntary decision to make one’s own body available to medical science after death. This donation primarily serves the anatomical training of medical students …
Organ Transplantation
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Organ Transplantation In Austria, organ transplantation is clearly regulated by law: The Organ Transplantation Act (OTPG) forms the legal basis for this. In addition, the Tissue Safety Act (GSG) similarly …
Corpse
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Corpse In Austria, according to prevailing opinion, a deceased body is to be qualified neither as a thing nor as a person. Instead, the body is regarded as a “continued …
This is how High your Inheritance is when your Son Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of the Son Do parents receive a share of the inheritance upon the death of their son? If so, what is the parents’ share of the …
This is how High your Inheritance is when your Grandmother Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of your Grandmother Do grandchildren receive a share of the inheritance upon the death of their grandmother? If so, what is the amount of the grandchildren’s …
How much You Inherit if a Grandchild Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of the Grandchild Do grandparents receive a share of the inheritance upon the death of a grandchild? If so, how much is the grandparents’ share of …
This is how High your Inheritance is if your Daughter Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of the Daughter Do parents receive a share of the inheritance in the event of the death of their daughter? If so, what is the share …
What is your Inheritance if the Granddaughter Dies?
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of the Granddaughter Do grandparents receive a share of the inheritance upon the death of the granddaughter? If so, what is the share of the inheritance …
This is how much your Inheritance is if your Mother Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Mother’s Death Do children receive an inheritance share upon the mother’s death? If so, what is the amount of the children’s inheritance share upon the mother’s death? …
This is how High your Inheritance is when the Grandfather Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of the Grandfather Do grandchildren receive an inheritance upon the death of the grandfather? If so, what is the amount of the grandchildren’s inheritance upon the …
This is how High your Inheritance is when your Father Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
Inheritance after the Death of the Father Do children receive an inheritance upon the death of their father? If so, what is the amount of the children’s inheritance upon the …
Your Inheritance Amount if a Great-Uncle Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of great-nephews and great-nieces upon the death of their great-uncle. Conditions and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the great-uncle.
How High is your Inheritance when a Great-Aunt Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of grandnephews and grandnieces upon the death of their great-aunt. Requirements and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the great-aunt.
This is how High your Inheritance is when a Great-Niece Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of great-uncles and great-aunts upon the death of their great-niece. Requirements and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the great-niece.
How much is your Inheritance if a Grandnephew Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of great-uncles and great-aunts upon the death of their grandnephew. Requirements and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the grandnephew.
How High is your Inheritance when a Cousin Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of cousins upon the death of their cousin. Requirements and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the cousin.
This is how High your Inheritance is when a Cousin Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of cousins upon the death of their cousin. Requirements and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the cousin.
This is how High your Inheritance is when a Nephew Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of uncles and aunts upon the death of their nephew. Requirements and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the uncle and aunts.
Your Inheritance Amount if a Niece Dies
24.11.2025 | Inheritance law
The inheritance rights of uncles and aunts upon the death of their niece. Conditions and amount of the inheritance upon the death of the niece.
