Back cover: The comprehensive inheritance law package 2025 - effective and complete - Includes all legal requirements. Addressing the topic of inheritance and succession early on and recording your last will and testament can help avoid inheritance disputes and is important if you want to ensure that your estate is settled according to your wishes and not subject to the statutory rules of succession. This guide provides you with all the essential facts about the complex topic of inheritance. From drafting a legally valid will and understanding the statutory rules of succession to determining when a gift is advisable, you will receive a wealth of tips and advice to help you avoid common pitfalls in the inheritance process. The author guides you through the process and helps you remember everything important. The sample texts and checklists included in the book enable you to avoid common mistakes when inheriting and succession. The forms from this book are also available for download on the book's website. Contents include: Inheritance and succession: everything you need to know; Wills and estate planning at a glance; The statutory order of succession: Who inherits if there is no will?; The handwritten will; Visiting a notary; Joint wills and other special forms; Inheritance contracts and gifts; Inheriting and bequeathing real estate; Inheriting and bequeathing businesses; How to calculate inheritance tax; Text modules, sample texts and checklists. Biography: Philip Kiefer, born in 1973 in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, studied literature and philosophy in Tübingen and Oxford. Among other things, he ran his own online magazine, created quiz questions for mobile games, and has published well over 100 books with renowned publishers. Kiefer lives in Langenargen. New product