Our Firm provides services related to inheritance, including the preparation of wills, petitions for probate of wills, execution of wills, division of inherited property, claims for the amount of the legally secured residuary estate, and renunciation of inheritance.
Division of Inherited Estate
Division of inherited estate is done through discussions among heirs, but in the case of real estate, disputes may arise over who will receive the real estate and how the value of the real estate is calculated.
In addition, when there are a large number of heirs, it is often difficult for the heirs to smoothly discuss the division of the estate.
Our Firm provides consulting services related to inherited estate division, including research services such as investigation of heirs and inherited estate, preparation of estate division proposals, preparation of estate division agreements, and representation in estate division negotiations, mediation, and other such matters.
International Inheritance
When an heir resides abroad, when inherited property is located in a foreign country, or when the deceased is a foreigner, different procedures may be required from those for inheritance cases in Japan.
In international inheritance, even when there is no dispute between the parties, it is necessary to determine which country or region’s laws should be followed to settle the matter (governing law), and when inheritance is to be conducted according to foreign laws, it is necessary to investigate the laws of that country.
In addition, if the heirs reside in a foreign country, it is often time-consuming to prepare an inheritance division agreement, register real estate, withdraw deposits and savings, and perform various name change procedures.
In addition to inheritance cases in Japan, our Firm handles inheritance matters from foreign nationals and Japanese nationals residing abroad.
In particular, we have not only Japanese attorneys but also Chinese attorneys and translators on staff, and we actively handle cases that require inheritance procedures in China, such as those involving real estate and deposits located in China.
