| Abstract [eng] |
The Institute of the Successors’ Liability for the Bequeather’s Debts: some Comparative Aspects Despite relevance and social sensitivity, succession law problems are not very popular subject among the law scientists. In general in Lithuania is very little spoken on this issue, so many uncertainties remain to the successors accepting the legacy and responsibility of bequeather’s debts. Although the acceptance of the succession is mandatory regulated by civil law, theoretical and practical uncertainties of succession law in this field are common. This socially relevant institute is lacking clarity and particularity of legal norms, the diverse interpretations of successions norms, as well as more interest and research among the law scientists. In order to reveal the specifics of the institute of successors’ liability for the bequeather’s debts, in this master’s work the main goal was to find out what are the successors’ liability systems in foreign countries and what is in Lithuania. Therefore, the research examines what are the methods of the acceptance of succession and their legal consequences, which debts are inheritable, is it possible to refuse the succession in order to avoid liability for bequeather’s debts, in which cases the refusal of succession is limited by law, what are the ways to protect the interests of creditors of the deceased person. In order to understand the advantages and disadvantages of Lithuanian succession law, in this research will be compared with the analogical succession law norms of other counties (France, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, the Netherlands). |
