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KKO 763/1996 AI generated

Testamentary legacy area allocation upheld; specific area separation allowed over proportional division of property.

Case Number KKO 763/1996
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Supreme Court of Finland allowed the widow's testamentary instruction to separate a specific area from the sold share in the estate division. The parties argued whether the legacy should be fulfilled by dividing the entire property proportionally or by isolating the designated portion as instructed. The court ruled that the testator's clear intent to allocate a specific area must be respected, overriding the default proportional division method.

Legislator headnote

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Testament Act 1929, Section 10; Succession Act 1929, Section 11: A testator's specific instruction to allocate a defined area of property in a legacy takes precedence over the statutory rule of proportional division among heirs.

Keywords

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testamentary legacy estate division specific area allocation proportional division testator intent succession law property separation

Cited Legislation

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Testament Act 1929, Section 10
Succession Act 1929, Section 11
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Supreme Court held that testamentary interpretation prevails over inheritance law when no reduction clauses exist in the will.
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Supreme Court allows widow to bequeath proceeds from sale of inherited property via her own will.
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal; testamentary area allocation is only a placement guide, not a division basis.
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Supreme Court allows sale of joint property to effect divorce settlement when physical division is impossible.
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Puolisot, jotka oli vihitty avioliittoon vuonna 1928, tekivät keskinäisen testamentin. Leski myi yhdelle heidän perillisistään osuutensa kahdesta kuolinpesän kiinteistöstä ja testamentissaan määräsi mistä myyty osuus tuli jaossa erotuttaa.

Kysymys testamentin tulkinnasta ja siitä, voidaanko lesken jälkeen toimitettavassa kuolinpesien jaossa yhdelle perilliselle jakaa lesken määrittelemä alue vai tuleeko kiinteistöt jakaa perillisille määräosin.

Kysymys myös pesän osakkaan kiinteistöön panemien sen arvoa kohottaneiden kustannusten korvaamisesta.