To what extent can we consider giving up an estate?

Of course, each heir makes his choice on a personal basis, one may decide to accept the succession while another decides to refuse it.

1 - How to refuse an inheritance?

Refusing an estate is recommended if the deceased's liabilities (reimbursable social assistance, loans, etc.) exceed their estate. You are then considered to have never been an heir and will not have to erase a slate. To formalize your refusal, you must complete the Cerfa form no 15828 * 04 and send it, along with the supporting documents, to the court of the domicile of the deceased. You can also mandate a notary to carry out these formalities for you. Be careful, if you give up the inheritance, it automatically returns to your children.

"They must therefore do the same to avoid having to settle debts, and so on until the extinction of the family branch," said Laurent Mazeyrie, notary public at the DVML study in Paris. When your children are minors, the family judge

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