What are the deadlines for accepting inheritance under martial law?

Generally, the deadline for acceptance of inheritance is six months from the date of a testator's death. This means that it is necessary to accept the inheritance either de facto or file a declaration of acceptance of inheritance by law or by will within a six-month period from the day of the testator's death.

At the same time, under martial law and within two years from its cessation or cancellation, if the death of a natural person is registered later than one month from the date of death or the day on which they were declared dead by court, the relevant deadlines will be calculated from the date of the state registration of the person's death.

In the context of the deadline for acceptance of inheritance, it is also important to keep in mind some nuances:

• a heir, who was permanently living with the testator at the time of their death, is automatically deemed to have accepted the inheritance unless they have declared within the deadline established by law for the acceptance of inheritance that they disclaim an inheritance. In other words, such an heir may not submit an application for the acceptance of inheritance within the specified period, but our advice is to submit it anyway in order to avoid an erroneous issuing of a certificate of heirship to other heirs;

• if the existence of a person's right to inheritance is conditional on the non-acceptance of the inheritance or refusal to accept it by other heirs, the deadline for acceptance of the inheritance is 3 months from the date the other heirs reject the inheritance or disclaim it.