An act having the nature of an intentional criminal offense as a reason of unworthiness to inherit

Abstract

There are not many legal institutions that demonstrate connections between civil and criminal law as appositely as the issue of unworthiness to inherit. This paper shall contain a deep analysis of one of the traditional reasons of unworthiness to inherit, which is established in Section 1481 of the Czech Civil Code.

This reason consists in committing an act having the nature of an intentional criminal offense against the decedent, his ancestor, descendant, or spouse. What is meant by the term "an act having the nature of an intentional criminal" and until when does it have to be committed?

Keywords

• unworthiness to inherit
• an act having the nature of an intentional criminal offense
• case-law