Inheritance laws can tear families apart – and leave the deceased turning in their grave.
While the death of a relative is a tragedy in any family, the ramifications of the inheritance can create rifts between surviving family members that can take years to heal. Such family disputes can turn ugly quickly and the punitive impact of both taxes and inheritance laws in Finland often worsen matters.
Unlike in many western countries, such as the UK and Belgium, where the spouse is entitled to a so-called "life interest" in the estate and may in many cases inherit everything, Finnish law reserves half of a person's estate for his children, regardless of...
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