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1958 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-194
Author(s):  
F. H. Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Law ◽  
Property Law ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Matrimonial Property Law

Compulsory Portion in Hungary

2020 ◽  
pp. 345-365
Author(s):  
Lajos Vékás
Keyword(s):  
Civil Code ◽  
Property Law ◽  
European Law ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Deceased Person ◽  
The Family ◽  
Matrimonial Property Law ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Law

Following the model of continental European law, Hungarian law introduced the compulsory portion in 1853, allowing in the closest blood-relatives to benefit from the estate of a deceased person against the testator’s wishes. In the course of the latest reform, the possible abolition (or at least limitation) of the compulsory portion was raised. However, at the time of the creation of the Civil Code of 2013 the legislator took the view that the compulsory portion had already taken root in the general legal awareness of the population and that its continuation could be justified. This view was strengthened by the fact that the majority of contemporary continental legal systems, in their quest for the protection of the family, tend to recognize a claim by the closest relatives to a compulsory portion. Traditionally in Hungarian law, the descendants and parents of the deceased were entitled to a compulsory portion in accordance with the order of intestate succession. Only since 1960 has the law also recognized the spouse as a person entitled to a compulsory portion. Previously the approach was that the spouse should be compensated through the rules of matrimonial property law and intestate succession. Since 2009 registered partners have been put in the same position as a spouse. Until 2014, the extent of the compulsory portion was one-half of the intestate share of the person entitled to a compulsory portion; today it is one-third.

scholarly journals Matrimonial Property Law In Denmark

1965 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inger Margrete Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Property Law ◽  
Matrimonial Property Law
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