Inheritance Law
Article 26
[Identification of estate] Unless otherwise agreed, if the estate is divided, half of the jointly owned property obtained by the husband and wife during the marriage relationship shall be allocated to the spouse first, and the rest shall be the inheritance of the decedent. If the estate is in the common property of the family, the property of others shall be divided first when the estate is divided.
Article 10
[Scope of successor and succession order] The inheritance shall be in the following order:
First order: spouse, children, parents.
The second order: brothers and sisters, grandparents, maternal grandparents.
After the beginning of succession, the successor in the first order shall inherit, and the successor in the second order shall not inherit. If there is no successor in the first order, the successor in the second order shall inherit.
The term "children" as mentioned in this Law includes legitimate children, illegitimate children, adopted children and step children who are dependent on them.
The "parents" referred to in this Law include biological parents, adoptive parents and step parents who have supported or supported them.
For the purposes of this Law, "brothers and sisters" include brothers and sisters of the same parents, half brothers and half sisters, adoptive brothers and sisters, and step brothers and sisters who have supported each other.
Article 13
[Distribution of inheritance] The share of inheritance of the heirs in the same order shall be equal in general.
When distributing the estate, consideration shall be given to heirs who have special difficulties and lack the ability to work. When distributing the estate, a successor who has made major contributions to the decedent or who lives with the decedent may receive a larger share.
If successors who are able and qualified to support them fail to fulfill their obligations, they shall, at the time of distributing the estate, be given no share or a small share.
Successors may also be unequal if they agree through consultation.
