Court allows inheritance objection filing by confirming a significant error caused the heir's failure to act within the statutory deadline.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court granted a partial request for a retrial, restoring the heir's six-month deadline to formally reject the inheritance. The heir argued that a significant legal error prevented him from filing the required objection within the statutory period, while the opposing insurance company failed to appear. The court ruled that the failure to file was indeed caused by a legally significant mistake regarding the inheritance process, thereby excluding the automatic acceptance of the estate.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 1019 § 2 k.c.; Art. 84 § 1, 2 k.c.: A significant legal error constitutes a valid ground for an heir to withdraw from the legal consequences of failing to file an inheritance declaration within the statutory deadline, excluding the fiction of simple acceptance.