Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance

A topical issue in the context of the general debate about the need to retain or abolish forced share in Spain is the question of whether to broaden the range of grounds for excluding a forced heir from his or her share of the estate. There is particular debate surrounding the appropriateness of add...

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Autores: Arroyo Amayuelas, Esther, Farnós Amorós, Esther
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/98489
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Palavra-chave:Testaments
Successió testamentària
Dret de successions
Llegítima
Relacions familiars
Wills
Testamentary succession
Law of succession
Legitime
Family relationships
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spelling Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for DisinheritanceArroyo Amayuelas, EstherFarnós Amorós, EstherTestamentsSuccessió testamentàriaDret de successionsLlegítimaRelacions familiarsWillsTestamentary successionLaw of successionLegitimeFamily relationshipsA topical issue in the context of the general debate about the need to retain or abolish forced share in Spain is the question of whether to broaden the range of grounds for excluding a forced heir from his or her share of the estate. There is particular debate surrounding the appropriateness of adding estrangement or the lack of a family relationship to the list of grounds, with the aim of increasing testamentary, freedom. Some countries have a tendency to allow ties of affection to prevail over purely family or kinship ties in this matter, but sometimes at the cost of legal certainty, and - since such a vague ground is not necessarily more respectful with freedom of testation - despite the risk that the courts may not always achieve the justice sought by a testator who wishes to disinherit a forced heir that shows no affection for her. This paper considers the different approaches to this topic between different legal systems. The Catalan and the German ones just represent extreme examples of radical different tendencies. In Spain, recent case law has provided new arguments for thinking about what the law says, how the courts interpret, and, finally, what the society expects.Kluwer Academic Publishers2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/98489Articles publicats en revistes (Dret Privat)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/document.php?id=ERPL2016014European Review of Private Law, 2016, num. 2, p. 203-222(c) Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/984892026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
title Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
spellingShingle Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
Arroyo Amayuelas, Esther
Testaments
Successió testamentària
Dret de successions
Llegítima
Relacions familiars
Wills
Testamentary succession
Law of succession
Legitime
Family relationships
title_short Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
title_full Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
title_fullStr Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
title_full_unstemmed Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
title_sort Kinship Bonds and Emotional Ties: The Lack of Family Relationship as Ground for Disinheritance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arroyo Amayuelas, Esther
Farnós Amorós, Esther
author Arroyo Amayuelas, Esther
author_facet Arroyo Amayuelas, Esther
Farnós Amorós, Esther
author_role author
author2 Farnós Amorós, Esther
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Testaments
Successió testamentària
Dret de successions
Llegítima
Relacions familiars
Wills
Testamentary succession
Law of succession
Legitime
Family relationships
topic Testaments
Successió testamentària
Dret de successions
Llegítima
Relacions familiars
Wills
Testamentary succession
Law of succession
Legitime
Family relationships
description A topical issue in the context of the general debate about the need to retain or abolish forced share in Spain is the question of whether to broaden the range of grounds for excluding a forced heir from his or her share of the estate. There is particular debate surrounding the appropriateness of adding estrangement or the lack of a family relationship to the list of grounds, with the aim of increasing testamentary, freedom. Some countries have a tendency to allow ties of affection to prevail over purely family or kinship ties in this matter, but sometimes at the cost of legal certainty, and - since such a vague ground is not necessarily more respectful with freedom of testation - despite the risk that the courts may not always achieve the justice sought by a testator who wishes to disinherit a forced heir that shows no affection for her. This paper considers the different approaches to this topic between different legal systems. The Catalan and the German ones just represent extreme examples of radical different tendencies. In Spain, recent case law has provided new arguments for thinking about what the law says, how the courts interpret, and, finally, what the society expects.
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