The period for accepting inheritance or refusing to accept it is suspended for the duration of martial law, but for no more than 4 months. That is, 4 more months are added to the total 6 months for accepting the inheritance, a total of 10 months (but in the event of the termination or cancellation of martial law, the term for accepting (renouncing) the inheritance may be less than 10 months.
The certificate of the right to inheritance is issued to the heirs after the expiration of the term for accepting the inheritance. Currently, the certificate of the right to inheritance is issued only to those heirs in whom this period ended by 03.06.2022, which is connected with the legislation adopted under martial law. If the deadline for issuing the certificate of the right to inheritance falls on the dates after 06.03.2022, then the document is drawn up 10 months after the date of the person's death. The term may be reduced in case of termination of martial law.
As a general rule, the place of inheritance opening is the place of last residence of the deceased. An alternative option may be the location of the deceased's immovable property or movable property (if there is no real estate).
During the martial law, the legislator made it possible to apply to any notary on the territory of Ukraine for the initiation of an inheritance case, without territorial attachment to the last place of residence of the deceased.
In the event that an inheritance has been opened on the territory of Ukraine, to which a person who has moved abroad has the right, such a person can apply to the embassy/consulate of Ukraine in the state of his stay and certify his signature on the application for acceptance of the inheritance.
Also, it is possible to certify the application for acceptance of inheritance at a foreign notary with the subsequent affixing of an apostille (or consular legalization) on such a document.
Such an application can be sent by mail to a notary on the territory of Ukraine, as a result of which the inheritance case will be opened in the general manner.
In addition, it is worth noting that a person who is abroad can issue a power of attorney and authorize a lawyer (lawyer) to carry out all the necessary actions for managing the inheritance case in the interests of the heir.
You can find out information about the receipt, registration and consideration of an electronic application by calling the reception office for citizens of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the number: (044) 256-11-10.
An application to establish the fact of permanent care for a person with a disability (who needs permanent care, which has legal significance) is submitted to the court at the place of residence of the natural person (applicant).
According to Article 318 of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, the application must state:
1) what fact the applicant requests to establish and for what purpose;
2) the reasons for the impossibility of obtaining or restoring documents proving this fact;
3) evidence confirming the fact.
The statement is accompanied by evidence confirming the circumstances stated in the statement.
Evidence confirming the fact of providing care for a person who needs it can be:
conclusion of the medical advisory commission;
an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the medical and advisory commission;
reference to the inspection report of the MSEK;
extract from the outpatient card of an inpatient;
conclusion on the state of health of the applicant;
act of inspection of residence;
certificate of family composition;
extract about persons registered in the residential premises/house, etc.
For submitting to the court an application to establish a fact that has legal significance, natural persons must pay a court fee in the amount of 0.2 of the subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons (paragraph 4, paragraph 1, part 2, article 4 of the Law of Ukraine "On Court Fees" ).
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