Renunciation of inheritance

Questioner

We would like to seek legal advice for our nieces. Background information: About a month ago our sister-in-law passed away. She left behind two daughters aged 23 and 21. At that time our nieces had not had any contact with their mother for 6 years. Although she passed away in the Netherlands and had Dutch nationality, she had been living in the UK for the past few years. Due to the strong suspicion that their mother had left behind debts, our nieces rejected the inheritance. At an earlier stage, her daughters were made aware that their mother rented a small storage unit near London. It appears that there are no valuables in this unit. When contacting the company, it turned out that there was still an amount outstanding for the rental of the unit. If our nieces would pay that amount, they could see what was in the unit. To be on the safe side, the eldest daughter contacted the Court in The Hague and an employee advised against this, because paying could be interpreted as accepting the entire inheritance. In the meantime, the manager of the storage company has contacted us on her own initiative to inform us that our nieces do not have to pay the outstanding amount, but can take a look at what is stored in the box. Our specific question now is whether it is wise to go to London to see if the above-mentioned items are indeed in storage. To be clear, our nieces are not looking for financial gain. Finding the above-mentioned items, which are only valuable to them, would of course be nice. Hopefully you can answer this question for us. Yours sincerely,

Lawyer

If the inheritance has already been rejected, no items may be divided in any case, not even memories such as photos, etc., so the question is whether there is any point in looking.