{"id":31338,"date":"2026-02-23T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/?p=31338"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:02:15","slug":"how-do-international-inheritances-work-when-heirs-live-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/how-do-international-inheritances-work-when-heirs-live-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"How do international inheritances work when heirs live abroad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">In cross-border successions, it is crucial to determine the applicable law and competent jurisdiction under EU Regulation No. 650\/2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">As a rule, the law of the deceased\u2019s last habitual residence applies, unless a valid choice of the law of nationality has been made. Proper coordination between different legal systems, as well as the use of the European Certificate of Succession, may be essential to ensure an effective estate distribution and to prevent disputes among heirs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information or specialized assistance,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/meeting-scheduling\/\">click here to schedule a meeting with one of our professionals.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In cross-border successions, it is crucial to determine the applicable law and competent jurisdiction under EU Regulation No. 650\/2012. As a rule, the law of the deceased\u2019s last habitual residence applies, unless a valid choice of the law of nationality has been made. Proper coordination between different legal systems, as well as the use of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria","areas-family-and-inheritance"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FPD.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31341,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31338\/revisions\/31341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caiadoguerreiro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}