Our law firm has accumulated rich experience in handling inheritance case related to alien citizens. We have successfully represented aliens to inherit assets in China or the Chinese citizens to inherit assets located in foreign countries.

Information/Documents provided by Clients

No.	Content	Remarks
1	Death Certificate	Necessary
2	Certificate of Relationship	Necessary
3	Assets list	Necessary

 

Legal Service Process

Step	Content	Remarks
1	Based on the above documents/information provided by the client, our lawyer will give you a preliminary assessment of your case.	The decision whether our lawyer will or will not take your case shall be made. Then go to Step 2 and Step 3 if your case will be taken
2	Clients sign retainer agreement with us and perform the obligation under the agreement	The agreement shall be drafted and provided by our lawyer.
3	Our lawyer will give clients detailed instructions, make relevant investigation, prepare the legal documents to be signed by Clients, collect assets from the banks or assets holders, attend the court hearing and obtain the judgment if lawsuit is filed.	Our lawyer will inform you any updates of your case.

 
Time of inheritance
Inheritance begins on the death of a decedent.

Statutory inheritance order
Legacy inherited in the following order:
First in order: spouse, children, parents.
Second in order: brothers and sisters, paternal grand-parents, maternal grand-parents.
When inheritance begins, the successor(s) first in order shall inherit to the exclusion of the successor(s) 
second in order. The successor(s) second in order shall inherit in default of any successor first in order.

Inheritance by will
A citizen may, by means of a will, dispose of the property he owns and may appoint a testamentary
executor for the purpose.  A will could be made in the following forms:
1.  A notarial will is one made by a testator through a notary agency.
2.  A testator-written will is one made in the testator's own handwriting and signed by him,
specifying the date of its making.
3.  A will written on behalf of the testator shall be witnessed by two or more witnesses, of whom
one writes the will, dates it and signs it along with the other witness or witnesses and with the testator.
4.  A will made in the form of a sound-recording shall be witnessed by two or more witnesses.
5.  A  testator  may, in an emergency situation, make an oral will, which shall be witnessed
by two or more witnesses. When the emergency situation is over and if the testator is able to make a will
in writing or in the form of a sound-recording, the oral will he has made shall be invalidated.

Witness of a will
None of the following persons shall act as a witness of a will:
1.  persons with no capacity or with limited capacity;
2.  successors and legatees; or
3.  persons whose interests are related to those of the successors and legatees.