According to the provisions of Article 3 of the Inheritance Law, inheritance is the personal legal property left by a citizen when he dies, including: the income of a citizen; Citizens' houses, savings and daily necessities; Citizens' trees, livestock and poultry; Cultural relics, books and materials of citizens; The law allows citizens to own the means of production; Copyright and patent rights in citizens' property rights; Other lawful property of citizens.
Article 10 stipulates that the inheritance shall be in the following order: the first order is spouse, children and parents. The second order is brothers and sisters, grandparents and grandparents. After the inheritance begins, the successor in the first order inherits, and the successor in the second order does not inherit. If there is no successor in the first order, it is inherited by the successor in the second order. Children referred to in this Law include children born in wedlock, children born out of wedlock, adopted children and stepchildren with dependency. Parents referred to in this Law include biological parents, adoptive parents and step parents who have a dependency relationship.
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The relevant requirements of inheritance stipulate that:
1. The 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 estate division shall be determined by the heirs through consultation. If negotiation fails, the people's mediation committee may mediate or bring a lawsuit to the people's court.
2. Appropriate inheritance can be given to those who have no ability to work and no source of livelihood, or who support the decedent more than the heir.
3. If the decedent's children died before the decedent, the descendants of the decedent's children shall be in subrogation inheritance. Generally speaking, subrogation inheritance people can only inherit the share of the inheritance that their father or mother has the right to inherit.
Xifeng Government Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) Inheritance Law