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# Practical Guide

I want to repudiate an inheritance

Any heir may repudiate (renounce) the succession within a period of 3 months from the day they become aware of the death and their status as an heir (art. 567 CC). The repudiation is made by declaration before the competent authority (justice of the peace in VD, court of first instance in GE).…

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