Wills and Succession

JMU Law Firm provides assistance in family estate planning, in the so-called “Dopo di noi” (After Us) law for the protection of disabled persons without family support, and in national and international inheritance, from the stage of recognition of assets, to the verification of legal and tax implications, to the drafting of the will (holographic, public or secret), to the opening of the succession, to the acceptance of the inheritance, also with the benefit of inventory, to the transfers in favour of the heirs and legatees, to tax fulfilment and up to the division of hereditary property, taking care of every aspect in close contact with its trusted notaries.

In the case of testamentary succession, the Firm's professionals also have considerable experience in the role of executor, i.e. the person appointed by the testator to ensure the most scrupulous fulfilment of his or her testamentary dispositions.In the case of international successions, it should be noted that foreign nationals may choose to apply the succession law of their country of nationality, thus excluding the application of Italian law, if their habitual residence is in Italy. This makes it possible, for example, to conclude succession agreements that would otherwise be prohibited by Italian law.This possibility and the conditions under which it can be exercised (the so-called professio iuris) are provided for in Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments in matters of succession and the creation of a European Certificate of Succession.The Firm also provides legal defence in all inheritance disputes (contestation of wills, recovery of reserved share, divisions of estates with statements of account, etc.).