In article <1...@4...net>, _ValteR_ wrote:
> *Law* wrote in <news:2t28itF1me3niU1@uni-berlin.de> :
>
>> There is the legitim in the Polish law?
>> In Italian law the legitim is that part of an estate over which the testator
>> has no power of disposal if there are forced heirs (the children and
>> generally the surviving spouse).
>> Thank you in advance.
>
> As far as I know in Poland testator has nearly no power at all of
> deciding how he wants to divide his possesions. Heirs can easily
> question his will after he's dead.
> I think what you ask for is called in PL "zachowek" (I don't know how
> to translate this).
> Generally when heirs are quarelling inheritance is divided concerning
> value (Court calculates everything and express it as money value, and
> then divide into parts and it takes ca. 7 years - no comments)


"Legitim" is a rough equivalent to the Polish term "zachowek".
However, the details may differ. "Zachowek" means that even if the
dead bequeathed his/her property to people other than
his/her children or wife, or siblings (if s/he doesn't have children),
the wife, the children (or the siblings) may claim a part of his/her
property. But keep in mind I'm not a lawyer:)

Renata