However, in many countries, succession laws impose mandatory rules that reserve part of a deceased person’s estate for certain family members, typically children and sometimes spouses, regardless of the deceased’s wishes. These rules are commonly known as forced heirship. Where
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When choice gives way to law: planning around forced heirship

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