1. The time limit for the legatee to accept the legacy is, within 60 days after knowing the legacy, he shall make an indication of accepting or giving up the legacy. If it is not handled at maturity, it will be regarded as giving up the inheritance;
2. The time limit for requesting court protection for infringement of inheritance right is three years. It shall be counted from the date when the creditor knows or should know that the right has been damaged and the debtor knows it.
The scope of inheritance is as follows:
1, legal income of natural persons;
2. Houses and articles for daily use of natural persons;
3. Trees, livestock and poultry of natural persons;
4. Cultural relics and books of natural persons;
5, the law allows all the means of production of natural persons;
6. Property rights in natural person's copyright and patent right;
7. Other legal properties of natural persons mainly refer to various bills, securities and creditor's rights in the form of property.
There are four 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, bequest, that is, 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, that is, the decedent enters into an agreement with the supporter, and the supporter undertakes the obligations of the decedent's birth, support and burial. After the decedent dies, all or part of his property is transferred to the supporter. This way mainly appears when the elderly have no support;
4. Statutory inheritance, that is, in the absence of the above three situations, according to the distance of kinship, the order of inheritance distribution determined by law.
To sum up, the right of inheritance is a very important civil right, and the ways of testamentary inheritance mainly include legal inheritance and testamentary inheritance. If there is an inheritance dispute, you can bring a lawsuit to the court to solve it.
Legal basis:
Article 124 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)
After the inheritance begins, if the heir abandons the inheritance, he shall make a written abandonment statement before the disposal of the estate; If there is no indication, it is regarded as accepting inheritance. The legatee shall, within 60 days after knowing the legacy, make an indication of accepting or giving up the legacy; If it is not due, it will be deemed as abandoning the inheritance.
Article 123
After the beginning of inheritance, it shall be handled in accordance with legal inheritance; If there is a will, it shall be inherited or bequeathed according to the will; If there is a legacy support agreement, it shall be handled in accordance with the agreement.