{"id":10700,"date":"2021-04-18T20:03:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T18:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.white-baos.com\/?p=10700"},"modified":"2021-04-18T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T18:03:41","slug":"a-successful-result-challenging-a-spanish-will-in-court-application-of-spanish-law-to-the-succession-probate-of-an-english-person-domiciled-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.white-baos.com\/en\/a-successful-result-challenging-a-spanish-will-in-court-application-of-spanish-law-to-the-succession-probate-of-an-english-person-domiciled-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"A successful result challenging a Spanish Will in court. Application of Spanish Law, to the succession \/ probate of an English person domiciled in Spain."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
About 1 year ago, we published an article entitled\u00a0\u201c\u00a0Challenging and contesting a Spanish will granted by a foreigner in Spain. Does Spanish or foreign law apply to the succession ? \u201d.<\/em>\u00a0 As a result, we were engaged by a certain Mrs. M to represent her legal interests. And we filed a court claim on her behalf. \u00a0This recently concluded with the Will granted being successfully contested, recognizing our client\u2019s rights as daughter of the deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The key legal discussion in this court case was to establish which was the applicable law to the succession:<\/p>\n\n\n\n .- English Law (law of the nationality of the deceased) or<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Spanish law, (the law of the country where he was domiciled).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0Our claim was that the applicable law to the succession was the Spanish Inheritance Law; and therefore, our client, the daughter of the deceased, was entitled to inherit as a forced heir, 2\/3 of the assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Under article 9.8 of the Spanish Civil Code, the applicable law to an inheritance is the national law of the deceased; which was in this case, the law of England & Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the law in\u00a0England & Wales states that in relation to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n .- moveable assets, the law of the country of domicile of the deceased should apply (in this case that was Spain).\u00a0<\/strong>In this case, the estate was only moveable assets: bank accounts and deposits. Therefore, the English law of the deceased nationality was renvoi or re-sent to the applicable Spanish Law for succession. As Spain was the country of domicile of the deceased.\u00a0 Therefore, my client, the only daughter, had a right to inherit 2\/3 of the estate, independent to her father\u2019s wishes or what he had stated in his Spanish Will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n .-Should the estate have included immoveable assets (Land or buildings), then the law of the country where the property is located would normally apply; unless there were properties in various countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated in our previous articles regarding contesting and challenging a Spanish Will, this renvoi from English to Spanish Law, is accepted by the Spanish Courts. But only if the principles of\u00a0universality and unity of the inheritance are respected<\/strong>. Which in this case they were, with Spanish law being the only law to govern all the assets of the deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, if you or someone you know, want to contest, challenge or dispute a Spanish Will, or you want to make sure that your Will could not be contested or challenged, we can assist you.<\/strong> Contact Us.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nLegal discussion.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
English Law. Spanish Civil Code.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n