In an inheritance relationship, people who are the deceased’s spouse, children or those designated in the will are the deceased’s beneficiaries. However, in reality there are cases where they have seriously violated their obligations, committed acts that are against the law, against social ethics, against Vietnam’s fine customs and traditions, and infringing on honor. , reputation, life, health of father, mother, brother, sister, wife, husband… People who commit such acts do not deserve to enjoy the inheritance of the person leaving the inheritance .
Inheriting that custom , Clause 1, Article 621 of the Civil Code of Vietnam 2015 regulatespeople who are not entitled to inheritanceincluding:
– People convicted of intentional acts of infringing on the life or health or of acts of serious mistreatment or torture of an estate leaver , or of seriously violating that person ‘s honor and dignity .
– A person who seriously violates the obligation to care for the person leaving the estate .
– A person convicted of intentionally infringing on the life of another heir in order to affect part or all of the inheritance that that heir is entitled to enjoy.
– People who commit acts of deceiving, forcing or preventing the estate leaver from making a will, forging, modifying the will, or canceling the will in order to enjoy part or all of the estate against the will of the leaver . return the property .
The principles of civil law must respect the good traditional morality of our people . People who commit the above acts no longer deserve to enjoy the inheritance of the deceased because those acts not only affect the honor and rights of the individual but also affect the honor of the family and clan.
However , according to the provisions of Clause 2 , Article 6 21 of the 2015 Civil Code , people who commit the above acts are still entitled to inherit the inheritance, if the person leaving the estate knew the acts of those people but still let them enjoy the inheritance according to the will.
