Inheritance Law - Legal services in the field of inheritance in Slovenia

Presented below is a selection of topics, along with typical questions and information about the legal services that attorney Jurij Kutnjak from Slovenia, Maribor can provide in relation to inheritance and probate proceedings. Legal advice and representation in probate and related proceedings are performed by the attorney for clients from all over Slovenia.

To schedule a consultation regarding inheritance and representation in the probate process, call attorney Jurij Kutnjak during business hours at phone number 00 386/2/25-23-780 or send an email to info@odvetnik-kutnjak.si.

Legal advice and contract drafting:

• Legal advice (wills, conditions for inheritance, statutory and testamentary heirs, compulsory heirs and compulsory portions, order of succession, bequests and gifts, disqualification from inheritance, renunciation of inheritance, validity of the will, revocation of gifts, reduction of testamentary dispositions, return of gifts, exclusion of property from the deceased's estate and probate)
• Obtaining documentation (death certificate, proof of residency or common household of the deceased, scope or inventory of the estate, the deceased's debts, inquiries about heirs)
• Negotiations and contract drafting (inheritance agreement, agreement on division and separation of the estate, agreement on renunciation of uninitiated inheritance, contract for lifetime support, contract for life interest, handing over contract, gift contract in case of death)

 

Resolution of probate disputes:

• Representation in probate proceedings (claiming inheritance, renunciation of the inheritance, proposal for the appointment of an administrator or probate, request for the exclusion of certain property from the deceased's property or estate, request for reduction of testamentary dispositions, request for return of a gift into the estate, request for declaration of the invalidity of the will)
• Representation in litigation (the deceased's over-half contribution to joint property, request for the determination that certain property belongs or does not belong to the estate, invalidity of the will, invalidity of the gift contract)

 

Other:

• Legal opinions, representation in other legal tasks in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Advocacy.

 

Attorney Jurij Kutnjak from Slovenia, Maribor offers comprehensive legal assistance in inheritance and handling all inheritance law issues: from drafting wills and concluding contracts with inheritance law elements (contract for life interest, contract for lifetime support, handing over contract) to representation in probate proceedings and possible litigation related to the estate or inheritance throughout Slovenia.

To schedule a consultation regarding inheritance and representation in the probate process, call attorney Jurij Kutnjak during business hours at phone number 00 386/2/25-23-780 or send an email to info@odvetnik-kutnjak.si.

Legal Documents:

e-forms
authorization for representation
will
revocation of will
inheritance statement
renunciation of inheritance
proposal for the issuance of a European certificate of inheritance

Legislation:

• Inheritance Act - ZD, http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO317
• Inheritance of Agricultural Holdings Act - ZDKG, http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO383
• Financial Operations, Insolvency Proceedings and Compulsory Winding-up Act - ZFPPIPP, http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO4735
• Court Fees Act - ZST-1, http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO4729
• EU Inheritance Regulation, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/SL/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R0650...
• and others ...

 

Judicial Practice:

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, https://www.sodnapraksa.si/