Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Why families fight over inheritances – and how to avoid it

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Stephan Köppe, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, University College Dublin

Inheritance gone wrong is a popular theme in fiction. In the recent German miniseries The Funeral, the one-sided will of the family patriarch unhinges the entire ceremony, and long-held hostilities are aired at the grave.

In our research, we tried to understand why families go to court to fight over inheritances. We found that there has been an increase in inheritance disputes reported annually…

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