Action to determine heirs

In addition to obtaining a certificate of inheritance, the action to determine heirs offers a further option for determining the heirs. While the principle of official investigation applies in the certificate of inheritance proceedings before the probate court, the action to determine heirs is a party proceeding before the ordinary civil courts.

Accordingly, the heir determination proceedings are final as soon as the judgment is legally binding. It must always be examined on a case-by-case basis which procedure or even whether both procedures should be chosen at the same time. Our specialist lawyers in Frankfurt and Berlin are at your disposal nationwide.