Court dismisses claim that mother's instruction to transfer funds constitutes a clear gift to the daughter.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court dismissed the plaintiff's claim regarding the inheritance of transferred funds. Although the defendant admitted her mother instructed her to reassign the deposit to her name to clarify succession, the court found this did not prove a definitive gift. The decision rests on the distinction between administrative instructions for asset management and the legal intent required to establish a gratuitous transfer.
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AI generatedUstawa o spadkach; Ustawa o księdze wieczystej: An instruction by a testator to an heir to reassign funds to another's name for clarity of succession does not constitute a definitive gift absent clear intent to dispose of property gratuitously.
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Zdaniem Sądu nawet gdyby przyjąć za zeznaniami pozwanej, iż matka wyraźnie poleciła jej przepisanie lokaty na jej nazwisko w celu uchylenia wątpliwości komu mają przypaść te środki w razie jej śmierci, to nie świadczyłoby to w sposób jednoznaczny o uczynieniu darowizny na rzecz pozwanej.