First, the civil code limits the right of inheritance.
According to the provisions of the Civil Code, if there is an inheritance dispute, the heirs can settle it through consultation. If negotiation fails, a lawsuit can be brought to the court, and the limitation of prosecution is 3 years, so the limitation of inheritance is 3 years.
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Article 188 The limitation period of ordinary litigation and the longest period of rights protection shall be three years. Where there are other provisions in the law, those provisions shall prevail.
The limitation period of action shall be counted from the date when the creditor knows or should know that the right is damaged and the debtor knows it. Where there are other provisions in the law, those provisions shall prevail. However, if more than 20 years have passed since the date when the right was damaged, the court will not protect it. Under special circumstances, the court may decide to extend it upon the application of the creditor.
Article 132 Heirs shall handle the issue of inheritance through consultation in the spirit of mutual understanding, mutual accommodation, harmony and unity. The time, method and share of inheritance division shall be determined by the heirs through consultation; If negotiation fails, the mediation committee may mediate or bring a lawsuit to the court.
Second, what are the ways of inheritance?
1, testamentary succession, that is, the decedent made a will before his death and appointed an heir to inherit his own estate.
2. Legacy means that the decedent made a will before his death and gave the inheritance to people other than the state, the collective or the legal heir.
3. Legacy support agreement refers to the agreement between the decedent and the supporter, who shall bear the obligations of birth, support and burial of the decedent, and all or part of the decedent's property will be transferred to the supporter after his death. This method mainly appears when the elderly have no support.
4. Legal succession, that is, in the absence of the above three situations, the order determined by law according to the distance of kinship.
According to the provisions of the Civil Code, in the event of an inheritance dispute, the heirs should negotiate to solve the inheritance problem in the spirit of mutual understanding, mutual accommodation and harmony and unity. If negotiation fails, the limitation of prosecution shall be three years. So the limitation of inheritance is three years.