Yes, if you meet the following three conditions: You lived with him continuously for the five years prior to his death. You are single, widowed, divorced, or legally separated on the date of death. You are over 50 or have a disability preventing you from working (Article 796-0 ter CGI).
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Yes, but… The law applicable to your mother’s estate is French law, since her tax residence was in France. You may choose any notary you wish, but only a French notary can file the deeds recording the transfer of ownership of your mother’s real estate with the Land Registry (Article…
Reminder: The partition duty is levied by the French tax administration when co-owners agree to terminate the joint ownership by allocating the jointly owned property to one of them. Except in specific cases, this duty is set at 2.5% of the net value of the assets being divided. Answer: Yes…
In principle, no. If filing an inheritance declaration and paying the taxes are not listed in Article 784 of the Civil Code (which lists acts that do not imply tacit acceptance), old case law has considered that these actions do not constitute tacit acceptance, provided that the taxes are paid…