In particular, Apostolos Georgiadis, professor emeritus of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, academician and lawyer, was appointed chairman of the working group and the remaining ten regular and four alternate members are:
Maroulio Daviou, vice-president of the Supreme Court, as a regular member and deputy of the president, with Evangelia Stergiou, Areopagite, as her deputy.
Panagiotis Karakonstantis, appellant of Athens, seconded to the Special Legal Service of the Ministry of Justice, as a regular member, with his deputy Sotirios Tsouvalas, appellant of Athens, seconded to the Special Legal Service of the Ministry of Justice,
Dimitra Papadopoulou-Klamari, professor emeritus of the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as a member.
Antonios Karabatzos, professor of Civil Law at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and lawyer, as a member
Georgios Lekkas, professor of Civil Law at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as a member.
Eleni Zervogianni, associate professor of Civil Law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as a member.
Sotirios Kotronis, assistant professor of Civil Law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as a member.
Georgios-Alexandros Georgiadis, assistant professor of Civil Law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and lawyer, as a member.
Athanasios Zoupas, president of the Bar Association of Patras and member of the Coordinating Committee of the Bar Associations of Greece, as a regular member, with Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, head of the Legal Service of the Athens Bar Association, as his deputy.
Eleni Kontogeorgou, president of the Coordinating Committee of Notarial Associations of Greece, as a regular member, with Christina Mandrou as her deputy, member of the Board of Directors of the Notarial Association of Appeals of Athens, Piraeus, Aegean and Dodecanese.
These are the changes in wills and inheritances
Sweeping changes in Inheritance Law will come in the coming months, since the Ministry of Justice has already started the procedures to reform the legal framework, after almost eight decades, in order to incorporate data that has arrived based on the new social conditions.
“The Ministry of Justice is setting up a committee of eminent people chaired by Professor Georgiadis and we believe that by the spring it will be able to complete its work,” said the Minister of Justice, George Floridis, speaking on “Parapolitikoni” radio. The changes concern, among others, inheritance rights, wills, copyrights, inheritance rights, etc.
1) Inheritance right
The main thrust of the bill will concern the recognition of inheritance rights in partnerships, even if they have not been formalized by marriage or cohabitation agreement. It will be sufficient for the person concerned to be able to prove (with witnesses, for example) that he actually had the close relationship required by law, in order to be recognized with an inheritance right.
On the contrary, it is planned to restrict the inheritance right of parents who are old (ie over 80). That is, in the event that someone passes away and their parents are still alive, it is planned that they will be entitled to a smaller share than the absolute right they currently have, or even that their children will not inherit at all.
A similar arrangement is planned for spouses who have formal relationships and their divorce is pending, or in any case their relationship has ended. In this case, until today the husband can inherit normally as long as no divorce has been issued, with the new law planned to bring about a limitation of this right, since there must be a substantial partnership relationship.
At the same time, provisions for special inheritance arrangements for businesses and special rights (intellectual property) are being processed which someone can leave as a legacy, not to all his children, but to those he deems appropriate for their management.
2) Testaments
Another key change planned by the Ministry of Justice concerns wills as such, which today can also be handwritten, that is, the heir writes how he disposes of his property without any special type. This practice is planned to be drastically limited, with the ministry’s plan stating that wills must henceforth be filed with a notary, in order to solve the problems arising from incidents of contradictory wills.
“We will not go for absolute abolition, there will be a dialogue on this” Mr. Floridis has said on the matter, who however has emphasized that with the current situation, incidents of fake wills often arise, by people who falsely claim that they have inheritance rights ..
3) Other changes
In the thoughts of the Ministry of Justice there are many more regulations, and the field is also suitable, due to the many decades that the Law of Inheritance has to modernize. One of them concerns shortening the time limits for the exercise of the right of inheritance, so that there is no waiting for years, which is observed today, until an inheritance is finalized.
It is also planned to allow the conclusion of inheritance contracts, which until today are expressly prohibited, with the current law considering that it is contrary to good morals to preliminarily agree on the disposal of someone’s property while he is still alive.
However, Professor Mr. Georgiadis has written about it and has expressed the opinion that this provision is anachronistic, since there would be fewer problems if the inheritor has the opportunity to clearly determine which of his heirs gets which part of the property and to discuss and agree with them the situation. Also on the table is the change in the property status of intangible objects, such as the mark and brand name of a company, an issue that is also particularly important.
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