Reject inheritance

Questioner

I found your site via rechtspraak.nl to submit this question to you, so here it is. There is a lot of disagreement about this question while I have researched everything but they say it can be done differently so that is why I asked and then I hope for clarity for all of us. When mother-in-law dies we want to reject the inheritance so the declaration of inheritance is mentioned in the estate register, now the question actually comes, the holiday home in Hungary is also an asset, does this also count as an asset as intended all assets in the event of rejection of an inheritance in the Netherlands (both lived, worked and died in the Netherlands and no choice about inheritance law is mentioned in the will) so inheritance transaction in the Netherlands. Because it falls within the EU I think that in the event of rejection the asset in Hungary also falls under that. Now the family says that the house in Hungary can also be rejected separately (in Hungary) and the inheritance in the Netherlands can be accepted? I find this strange because the inheritance law must be settled in the Netherlands. Can you help me further with this? Thank you in advance

Lawyer

In the case of foreign real estate, it is possible that the settlement thereof takes place via the law where the house is located. Has your mother-in-law expressed a preference for the law to be applied? If not, then Dutch law applies. Rejecting or accepting separately is not possible. You preferably need a European Certificate of Succession.