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Last Will
By: Nikola Date: October 27, 2019, 4:29 pm
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You get to see this in movies: people adding crazy conditions to
their will and their relatives going to great lengths to meet
the requirements. In my country, this wasn't possible until 2012
when the new Civil Code came into force, giving people the right
to put conditions on gifts as long as they're realistic (this is
subjective and each case is assessed individually, apparently)
and don't affect some of the other person's rights. Asking
someone to get married, for instance, is not allowed. I haven't
seen this in practice and haven't heard of anyone who would put
conditions on their last will, whether realistic or unrealistic.
Is this an established thing in your country? Do you know anyone
who's done it? What limits are there to what you can ask and how
is it enforced? Does someone come to check you've been mowing
the lawn or cleaning the fish tank as you've been asked to?
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Re: Last Will
By: MartinSR Date: October 28, 2019, 5:37 am
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I haven't heard about such situations here. Of course I have
seen it in the movies, but not in Polish movies. Sometimes there
are stories about people who had to do something (e.g. get
married) before being included in someone's will, but I haven't
heard about such real-life situations either.
In fact I don't about someone writing the last will among the
people I know. Probably it's not so popular here. I think most
people rely on standard regulations which say precisely how to
divide what is left after the person's death. The thing which is
very common is that people move the ownership of their flats or
houses to people who are caring about them in their old years.
It is done officially and the document usually includes
additional conditions, that the old owner has right to live in
the house and the duties of the new owner (usually a close
relative to the old one). In case of someone suspecting the new
owners don't fulfil what was written, the case may be directed
to the court.
I heard also about situations when the parent gives some money
to one of their children (usually to the children from the
former marriage) in exchange for their resignation of
participation in inheritance after the parent's death.
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Re: Last Will
By: Nikola Date: October 28, 2019, 9:10 am
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Unsurprisingly, it's very similar here. People often rely on the
strictly given order in which their possession gets divided
between the relatives. A Czech celebrity passed away recently
(the singer Karel Gott) so the tabloids are busy writing about
who's going to inherit what. Gott did exactly what you
described, he offered his daughter from his previous marriage
money (not a lot, to be honest) if she gives up any inheritance
in the future. She agreed because she needed the money at the
time but seems to have changed her mind now. It seems that no
matter what precautions the dying person takes, things still end
up getting nasty somehow.
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Re: Last Will
By: MartinSR Date: October 28, 2019, 11:15 am
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Maybe his estimated wealth has been multiplied since she got the
money or she felt deceived for some other reason... Hard to say,
it was a business between them, and nobody (especially tabloids)
knows all the circumstances.
Sometimes the people must be cautious to not inherit huge debts.
It's not the case of people like Karel Gott who was extremely
popular in all countries of our region and his popularity never
faded away, but I heard about a few celebrities popular in 80's
and before, who were forgotten after the system transformation
and died in an extreme poverty... Sad...
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Re: Last Will
By: Nikola Date: October 28, 2019, 4:14 pm
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Gott was on good terms with tabloids, he would often invite them
over for a coffee and discuss his private life with them, but I
get what you're saying.
I wonder if you could put a condition on a debt someone is about
to inherit. Something like a reverse condition. You'll have to
pay off the debt unless you do this and that. Imagine.
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Re: Last Will
By: MartinSR Date: October 29, 2019, 3:45 pm
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People rather refuse to inherit something they know is connected
to the debt. At least I heard they have the right to refuse.
The situation is different when someone is interesting in
inheriting, let's say, a house... even if they know they inherit
the debt too. In this case repayment of debts is the conditions
under which they can become happy owners of the house. This
situation seems to be honest - you want to get something -
first pay the debt.
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