Family and Inheritance Law
Core concepts
In family law, understand marriage, its property regime, divorce, and the rights of children, including parental responsibility and maintenance. Know the rules on adoption and guardianship. In inheritance law, master intestate succession (the classes of heirs), testamentary succession, the reserved share (запазена част), and the rules on acceptance and renunciation of inheritance.
Traps in questions
- The reserved share belongs to certain heirs regardless of the will; a will cannot defeat it.
- Intestate heirs are ranked in classes; a closer class excludes a more distant one.
- Acceptance of inheritance can be express or tacit; silence alone does not equal acceptance.
- Marital property and inherited property are distinct; inherited assets are not automatically shared.
Worked example
A testator leaves everything to one child, ignoring a spouse and another child. Rule of thumb: the reserved share of the spouse and child must be respected; the will is valid only to the extent it does not encroach on the reserved share.