Analysis of the special forum for acceptance or renunciation of inheritance under the Succession Regulation

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This article by Lucas Andrés Pérez Martín in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL revisits the scope of the special jurisdiction rule in Article 13 of the Succession Regulation on acceptance or renunciation of inheritance in light of a CJEU judgment of 25 March 2025. The text reports that the term “to deal with” in Article 13 does not make the Polish court at the heir’s habitual residence competent to hear an attempt to undo the negative effects of an out-of-time declaration; that issue must be resolved by the German court with jurisdiction over the succession.