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by manmal 1622 days ago
Can you inherit zero? Where I live, there is a mandatory minimum inheritance for children - I think it’s 1/6 of the total?

Cutting off financial help might result in them feeling stuck with their past choices, resulting in depression etc - I wouldn’t do that. Many successful entrepreneurs come from supportive households.
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anonporridge 1622 days ago
I've never heard of a law like that.

Where I live, a person has full discretion on who inherits their estate if they explicitly write their will. Your offspring and next of kin are the default inheritors, but can be excluded if you explicitly say so in your will.

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manmal 1620 days ago
> Under Austrian law children (including adopted children) and the spouse are entitled to a "reserved portion". The children´s and the spouse´s "reserved portion" has to cover at least half of the portion they would get in the case of intestacy.

https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Austria/Inheritan...

So I wasn’t right about the fixed part, it very much depends on whether there is a spouse to inherit it to.

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