Termin do złożenia oświadczenia o przyjęciu lub odrzuceniu spadku

Abstract

The article focuses on the proper timeframe which is applied while making a statement of accepting or declining an inheritance. Using particular examples the author illustrates how to count this amount of time in accordance to specific successors in various situations. It states that an heir is eligible to decide whether to accept or reject an inheritance within six–months starting from the moment of learning about the right to inherit. The article emphasises that the setting an actual date can be quite unclear due to the fact that a person can become aware of the possibility to succeed in different time, especially when it concerns the successors who are eligible to inherit in the further places. Stating the exact starting and ending date of this six–month period is of crucial importance as it results in momentous legal consequences. In order to have the right legal effect the statement considering the decision about inheritance must be handed in within six months what results from article 1015 §1 of civil code.