What happens when the inherited property of a foreign national is located in Greece?
When a foreign national passes away and bequeaths a property to their foreign heirs, and Inherited property of the foreign is located in Greece, we refer to the provisions of the Greek Civil Code, which includes regulations on private international law. According to Article 28 of the Civil Code, inheritance matters are governed by the law of the nationality that the deceased held at the time of death. This provision indicates that the substantive law of the deceased's nationality at the time of death governs both testamentary (by will) and intestate (without a will) succession, as well as compulsory succession....
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