Family Law Attorney for Inheritance in Milan
Inheritance
The Firm provides assistance at every stage of succession: drafting and challenging wills, estates, divisions, claims for reduction of legacies, acceptance with benefit of inventory and cross-border successions.
Studio Legale Lo Torto
Inheritance and succession law lawyer
Succession matters involve sensitive legal, tax and family considerations. The Firm assists clients with estate planning (wills, gifts, family pacts) and with managing the succession itself, including in cases involving complex estates or international elements.
Wills and estate planning
The Firm drafts holographic, public and secret wills, ensuring that forced heirship shares are respected. It supports clients in estate planning through gifts, family pacts, trusts and insurance policies, working alongside external notarial and tax advisors where required.
Estate division and claim for reduction of legacies
When an estate is opened, it is necessary to identify the assets, determine their value and divide them. The Firm handles both amicable and contested divisions, claims for reduction by forced heirs whose shares have been infringed, and challenges to wills affected by incapacity or duress.
Cross-border successions
Where assets or heirs are located abroad, EU Regulation 650/2012 on the European Certificate of Succession applies. The Firm coordinates with international correspondents and handles questions of applicable law, jurisdiction and recognition of foreign decisions.
Frequently asked questions · Inheritance
The most common questions about inheritance
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No, not absolutely. Italian law reserves forced heirship shares for children, the spouse and (in the absence of children) the parents. The testator may only freely dispose of the available portion. It is, however, possible to provide for specific shares while respecting forced heirship rules.
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You may accept the inheritance with benefit of inventory (keeping the deceased's estate separate from your own), renounce the inheritance, or accept it outright. The Firm analyses the case and recommends the most suitable solution, along with the related formalities.
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The claim for reduction of legacies has a 10-year limitation period from the opening of the succession. Challenges based on incapacity or defects in consent have shorter time limits (5 years). The Firm promptly assesses the merits and timing of any action.
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EU Regulation 650/2012 applies: the succession is governed by the law of the State in which the deceased had habitual residence, unless the will expressly chooses the law of the deceased's nationality. The European Certificate of Succession facilitates the recognition of rights.
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30172 Venice-Mestre