{"id":15044,"date":"2019-09-22T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroval.com\/how-an-inheritance-is-divided-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2019-09-22T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:08:22","slug":"how-an-inheritance-is-divided-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroval.com\/en\/how-an-inheritance-is-divided-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"How an Inheritance is Divided in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Upon the death of a person, the mortis causa procedure or hereditary succession is opened, in which the legal rights and rights to their assets are transferred among their legitimate heirs<\/strong> and those who appear in the will<\/strong> (regulated in Section 5, of Chapter 1 of the Civil Code).<\/p>\n\n

Along with the inheritance, in addition to their assets, the heir receives the rights, obligations, and debts that the deceased<\/strong> incurred during their lifetime. Therefore, we must bear in mind that whoever lends themselves as the recipient of an inheritance will receive everything, and everything means the assets and the debts! <\/p>\n

Therefore, it is important that you continue reading this article so that you know how an inheritance is divided<\/strong> and what civil law dictates in this regard. Let's get started! <\/p>\n

What is specified in a will?<\/h2>\n

First, we must make it clear that there are several types of wills<\/strong>:<\/p>\n