Articles from the firm on inheritance and lifetime planning in Galicia, covering wills, forced share, preventive powers of attorney, gifts, apartación and disputes between heirs.
See our inheritance service →Reverse mortgages under Spanish Law 41/2007, the rights of the spouse and heirs, what happens if the debt exceeds the home's value and when not to sign.
Read article →A one-quarter forced share, the widow's usufruct, joint wills and what happens if you die intestate in Galicia. What Galician law lets you decide.
Read article →Advance directives in Galicia. Notary or witnesses, what you can write, the representative, the register and what happens if family or doctors disagree.
Read article →Differences between heir and legatee under the Spanish Civil Code, who answers for debts, how a legacy is claimed and which to choose when making a will.
Read article →Who pays each tax, the mandatory deed, usufruct, marital property, mortgages, the child's divorce, siblings and the forced share, and when a gift can be revoked.
Read article →Which debts pass to heirs in Spain, how to accept with benefit of inventory or renounce before a notary, Civil Code deadlines, co-heirs, minors and regional law.
Read article →The closed list of grounds in articles 848 to 857 of the Spanish Civil Code, psychological abuse per the Supreme Court, proof, challenges, grandchildren and regional law.
Read article →What the Galician apartación is, how it differs from a pacto de mejora or a gift under Spanish law, how it is taxed and what if the child sells soon after.
Read article →Forced share, collation, a sibling who will not sign or occupies the flat, debts, tax and how to divide an inherited flat in Spain after the 2025 reform.
Read article →Spanish inheritance with an heir abroad: deadlines already running, apostilled power of attorney, NIE, non-resident tax and the heir who will not sign.
Read article →Under Spanish law you can't freely disinherit children or spouse: the forced share (legítima) is reserved. Left out of a will in Spain or Galicia? You may have a claim.
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