Opening Inheritance on the Household Estate
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https://doi.org/10.60131/jlaw.1.2025.9277Keywords:
Civil Code of Georgia, Household, Registration of Rights, Legal Heir, Testamentary Heir.Abstract
Following the legislative changes related to the household estate in the Civil Code of Georgia, it is difficult to find a single article that provides any rules for the opening and receipt of inheritance. The term “household” has been substituted with “family farmstead”, although this amendment appears to have been made without adequate justification, with the exception of the selection and reduction of the rights of the heirs. Consequently, it is essential to use the term “household” in the title of the work to comprehensively raise awareness of the problem. The Public Registry must examine inheritance relations in the households in the process of registering property rights. The absence of comprehensive regulation calls into question the rights of the heirs of the household, the stability of civil turnover, and leads to an increase claims by citizens. The objective of the present study is to provide a legal analysis of the inheritance relations within a household, with a view to highlighting the potential mistakes that the public registry may found in the execution of its duties.
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