{"id":3624,"date":"2014-05-12T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asociacion-eurojuris.es\/en\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2020-04-11T07:21:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T07:21:09","slug":"how-to-execute-a-will-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asociacion-eurojuris.es\/en\/how-to-execute-a-will-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"How to execute a will in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article defines primary concepts relating to inheritances in Spain.<\/p>\n<p><!--moreHow to execute a will in Spain--><\/p>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>First, what is Inheritance Law in Spain?<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Articles 657 et seq. of the Spanish Civil Code regulate Inheritance Law in Spain. Inheritance Law establishes the rights arising from a person\u2019s intent that a will declares and publishes. In absence of a will, certain provisions of the Inheritance Law apply.<\/p>\n<p>Through inheritance, a testator (the decedent) transfers all of his or her assets, rights, and obligations to the beneficiary (heir) as long as the death of the testator has not extinguished these rights and obligations.<\/p>\n<h2><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What Is a Will and Who Can Create One?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The Spanish Civil Code defines creating a will as a fully personal act through which a person can dispose of all or part of his or her property after death in favour of heirs.<\/p>\n<p>Under Article 662 of the Spanish Civil Code, all persons can create a will except for those the Inheritance Law exempts. According to the Inheritance Law, the following persons cannot execute a will:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Persons under 14 years of age;<\/li>\n<li>Any person who is not of sound mind;<\/li>\n<li>Incapacitated persons.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Under the Spanish Legal System, the main forms of wills include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holographic Will: This is a will that the testator creates in his or her own handwriting. Article 668 of the Spanish Civil Code regulates this type of will. To create it, the testator must be of legal age.<\/li>\n<li>Open Will: This is a will that the testator must execute in the presence of those persons who must authorize the act. Additionally, these persons must know the contents of the will. Under Article 694 of the Spanish Civil Code, the will\u2019s execution must occur in the presence of a notary public \u2013except in those cases that the Law identifies.<\/li>\n<li>Closed Will: This is also a will that the testator creates in his or her own handwriting. The testator does not disclose his final intent, but he or she declares that the latter is located in a sealed letter submitted to the persons who must execute the will. Therefore, in this case the parties may understand that a will exists, but they will not know its contents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In summary, the Spanish Legal System establishes different types of wills. Before choosing a specific type, we must follow the provisions of the Spanish Civil Code to comply with the formalities and conditions it requires.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monika Bertram<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article defines primary concepts relating to inheritances in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pubications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Execute a will in Spain<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Spanish legal system establishes three main forms of wills: holographic wills, open wills and closed wills.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariscal-abogados.com\/how-to-execute-a-will-in-spain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Execute a will in Spain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Spanish legal system establishes three main forms of wills: holographic wills, open wills and closed wills.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mariscal-abogados.com\/how-to-execute-a-will-in-spain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eurojuris Espa\u00f1a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-12T08:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-11T07:21:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mariscal &amp; 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