What are the rules of inheritance in Poland?

What are the rules of inheritance in Poland?

According to the Polish law of inheritance, in case of death of the heir in Poland, in the first place, the inhetirace will go to:

– the children of the testator and his wife – they inherit in equal shares.

Then, in the absence of descendants of the deceased (children), the spouse and parents are called to inherit the law. The inheritance share of each of the parents who inherit with the spouse of the deceased is 1/4 of the total inheritance.

In the absence of children and the heir’s spouse, the entire estate goes to the deceased’s parents in equal shares. If the testator had only one parent at the time of death, because the other had died earlier, the deceased’s share that would have gone to him or her is shared equally by the Polish deceased’s siblings.

If one of the Polish decedent’s siblings had not survived the opening of the inheritance and left children behind, the share of the inheritance that would have gone to his children.

If one of the parents did not survive the opening of the estate and there are no siblings of the deceased or their descendants (children), the inheritance share of the inheriting parent with the spouse of the testator is half of the inheritance.

The grandparents of the Polish deceased may also be named to the inheritance in the event that:

– the deceased left no descendants (children),

– the deceased has no spouse, parents, siblings and children of siblings.

The inheritance belongs to the grandparents of the deceased and, in such a situation, they inherit equally.

If one of the grandparents did not survive the opening of the estate, the share that would have remained to him is inherited by his children according to the distribution among the later descendants of the deceased. If the grandfather, who did not survive the opening of the estate, had no descendants (children), the share that would have gone to him would have gone to the other grandparents in equal shares.

If the deceased had no spouse or relatives who could inherit the above-mentioned property, equal shares of the children of the deceased’s spouse are called upon to inherit.

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