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.

Like all official activities, also the opening of a will was carried out in the time and place provided by law. They were the resultant of various factors, such as the place and circumstances of the death of the testator, the time of funeral, as well as the accessibility of the will itself, witnesses to its preparation and physical presence of the official for whom the procedure of opening the will had to be carried out. In each case, there were widely available places, because the opening of a will was public. This article considers the regulations regarding the time of legal opening of a will, in particular the precedence of the funeral of the deceased testator. Next explains the factors determining the place of the opening of the will, among others, the territorial competence of state officials in this respect, the availability of the witnesses of the will and the place of its storage.