Defined legal service
Establishing cohabitation as one family for inheritance or property division
Separating the inheritance and property objectives and reviewing evidence of shared residence, household, budget and mutual obligations.
The problem you need to resolve
- five years of family cohabitation must be proved for fourth-order inheritance
- property was acquired during family life without a registered marriage
What you receive
- an evidence sufficiency assessment
- an agreed court document
What we do
- review the questionnaire, deadlines and agreed document list
- separate verified facts from assumptions and define the legal objective
- legal purpose and relevant period
- family-evidence matrix
- application or claim with the related remedy
What we need from you
- residence records
- shared expenses and agreements
- communications, images and witnesses
- marital status and inheritance file
- answer focused follow-up questions and verify the factual information
- do not send a full set of sensitive documents before the conflict-of-interest check and agreement of a protected channel
Fees
- Fees depend on the facts and scope of support. After a short discussion, we explain what the work includes and its cost. Fees are agreed before work begins.
- A possible first stage is a written action plan: review of agreed documents, legal assessment, next steps, deadlines, risks and alternatives.
- Additional objectives, extensive materials and foreign-language documents are discussed separately.
- Court fees and other mandatory payments are separate from the lawyer's fee. Notarial, translation, valuation and expert costs are also agreed separately.
What may change the route
- objections or new claims from another party
- missing, inconsistent or newly received documents
- the need for valuation, expert evidence, a notarial or registration step
- existing court or enforcement proceedings, a missed or imminent deadline
- the fact does not create an automatic marriage or entitlement to all property
- inheritance and property claims have different conditions
When this service is not suitable
- a shared registered address is not enough by itself
- a rights dispute requires claim proceedings
How we report progress
- we agree the communication channel before work begins
- we report receipt of materials, completion of the assessment, document readiness and the next required action
- where new facts or extra work arise, we first explain the effect on timing and fees and ask for your approval
Official sources
Frequently asked questions
Is a shared address enough?
No. A combination of family-life indicators is required.
Are five years always required?
No. That period relates to fourth-order inheritance.
Is this always a separate-proceedings case?
No. A dispute over a right requires a claim.