Today’s world, in the absence of borders, people are increasingly changing their place of residence, owning real estate, holding bank accounts and owning other property in different countries. This can not but have consequences in inheritance. This, in turn, can create some difficulties, cause disputes between the heirs and will undoubtedly affect the costs of registration of the inheritance. Another common problem is that a will made in one country may not have legal force in another country where it must be enforced. These and many other issues could not remain unresolved at the EU. A common approach to many inheritance issues has been found through the adoption of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council № 650/2012 of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, law enforcement, recognition and enforcement, adoption and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of inheritance and the creation of a European Certificate of Inheritance. This provision came into force on August 17, 2015 and applies to cases of inheritance that occurred after that date. Inheritance cases are processed by one competent authority (court or other authority) in one state, and decisions taken in such cases are recognized in other EU member states without any special formalities. This should significantly improve and facilitate the inheritance procedure within the European Union, with the exception of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, which do not particpate in this regulation. We will consider these questions in our research.

Current Problems of Inheritance Rights Realization

This scientific article examines current practical and theoretical issues related to the exercise of the right to inherit. Particular attention is paid to the study of the development of legal bases and research on the exercise of the right to inheritance. The exercise of the right to inherit is considered as a complex concept that provides ways to exercise the right to inherit, reflecting the dynamics of inheritance and deepening the relationship between the rules of substantive and procedural law. This article focuses on the study of ways to exercise the right to inherit. The peculiarities of the procedure for exercising the right to inherit by submitting an application for acceptance of the inheritance, by applying to notaries, are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the need to distinguish between the legal nature of the application for a certificate of inheritance and the application for acceptance of the inheritance. The article defines the essence and purpose of establishing the conditions and forms of inheritance, as well as the types and procedure for refusing to accept the inheritance. It is emphasized that established by the Civil Code of Ukraine, that the forms and conditions of acceptance of inheritance to protect the rights and legitimate interests of heirs, and do not provide an alternative method of acceptance of inheritance. Particular attention is also paid to the exercise of the right to renounce the inheritance by the heirs, who are subject to the presumption of acceptance of the inheritance. Through scientific analysis of judicial and notarial practice concerning the adoption of measures for the protection of hereditary property, which is in the individual legal orders of an individual, it is argued that in the case of storage of property in a bank safe there is no purpose to perform this notarial act. The legal nature of the term for acceptance of the inheritance is determined, and the legal consequences of missing the term for acceptance of the inheritance are clarified. The procedure and grounds for division (allocation) and redistribution of inheritance are revealed. As a result of the analysis of judicial and notarial practice, a number of proposals were developed to improve notarial proceedings in inheritance cases, including inheritance, consent of heirs who inherited, acceptance of inheritance by heir who missed the deadline for acceptance of inheritance, withdrawal of applications for inheritance and renunciation of inheritance. On the basis of this study, some theoretical conclusions and proposals for improving the current legislation have been formulated.