Does Italy publish a deceased person's will?
A friend of mine died several months ago. He was an Italian citizen, born
in Italy and living there when he died.
Unfortunately his family have been reticent to discuss his will. Where can
a member of the public find it?
On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:00:44 +0100, Pamela
<uklm@permabulator.33mail.com> wrote:
Does Italy publish a deceased person's will?
A friend of mine died several months ago. He was an Italian citizen,
born in Italy and living there when he died.
Unfortunately his family have been reticent to discuss his will.
Where can a member of the public find it?
My short answer is, I don't know.
My longer answer is: do we know whether wills are even a common thing
in Italy?
I know nothing about Italian law but have learned quite a bit about
Argentine law which is derived from the same Napoleonic Code which I
presume still underpins French, Spanish and Italian law to some
degree.
In Argentina it is possible to write a will but very few people do
because the law is highly prescriptive about how an estate may be distributed. Freedom to choose beneficiaries outside this prescription
is limited to only 20% of the value of the estate and most people are satisfied with the status quo.
Maybe our resident Italian contributor will chip in?
Nick
Does Italy publish a deceased person's will?
A friend of mine died several months ago. He was an Italian citizen, born
in Italy and living there when he died.
Unfortunately his family have been reticent to discuss his will. Where can
a member of the public find it?
My longer answer is: do we know whether wills are even a common thing
in Italy?
The sites I saw do mention the Italian state has some fixed
requirements about how the estate is divided in certain circumstances
The situation is that many years ago I bailed out my friend's firm with
a large loan but it was done on a handshake and wasn't documented as we operated on trust. It saved his firm from bankruptcy and he had never forgotten it, so I'm wondering if it appears in his will.
Unfortunately his family have been reticent to discuss his will.
Does Italy publish a deceased person's will?
A friend of mine died several months ago. He was an Italian citizen, born
in Italy and living there when he died.
Unfortunately his family have been reticent to discuss his will. Where can
a member of the public find it?
Op 31/03/2025 om 14:00 schreef Pamela:
Does Italy publish a deceased person's will?
Italy doesn't publish wills. It's up to the person to register his
will or not.
A friend of mine died several months ago. He was an Italian citizen,
born in Italy and living there when he died.
Unfortunately his family have been reticent to discuss his will.
Where can a member of the public find it?
https://www.giustizia.it/giustizia/it/mg_3_9_11.page?tab=e
But, IANAL although I am a uni drop out in law, it all depends on
whether the "de cuius" <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_cuius> has
register his/her will, which is not so frequent as in the UK.
I am looking for something similar to this at the UK Probate Office:Officially you can store thhem with the probate service
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
Pamela wrote:
Officially you can store thhem with the probate service
I am looking for something similar to this at the UK Probate Office:
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
<https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/store-a-will-with-the-proba te-service/how-to-store-a-will-with-the-probate-service>
This one isn't a .gov.uk service, but it's recommended by the Law
Society
<https://www.nationalwillregister.co.uk/>
Thank you for the information. Is there an online search service in
Italy for wills?
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