Property Registry refuses to register an inheritance due to name confusion between heirs
22 Oct 20260 views
Who is affected:
Heirs, legatees and their descendants in judicial proceedings for inheritance division
Summary
The Alicante Registry denies registration of an inherited property because two children of the deceased had the same name and surnames, creating confusion about who the actual heirs are.
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The General Directorate of Legal Security and Public Faith resolves an appeal against the negative qualification of the Alicante Property Registry No. 1 regarding a judicial inheritance partition. The central issue is that two children of the deceased were registered in the Civil Registry with identical name and surnam…
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