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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of July 26, 2017 No. 201-FZ

About introduction of amendments to the Federal law "About Enforcement of Part Three of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation"

Accepted by the State Duma on July 14, 2017

Approved by the Federation Council on July 19, 2017

Bring in the Federal Law of November 26, 2001 No. 147-FZ "About enforcement of part three of the Civil code of the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2001, No. 49, Art. 4553; 2003, No. 46, Art. 4441) following changes:

Article 8 to add 1) with part two of the following content:

"The rules about the size of obligatory share in inheritance established by the Code part three are applied to the wills made according to the legislation existing in the territories of the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol till March 18, 2014 regardless of date of making of the will.";

To add 2) with article 11 of the following content:

"Article 11. Provisions of the Section V "Succession law" of part three of the Code are applied to the relations on inheritance in the territories of the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol if the inheritance opened on March 18, 2014 and later. In case of opening of inheritance till March 18, 2014 provisions of the legislation existing in the territories of the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol till March 18, 2014 are applied to the specified relations.

The wills (including joint wills of spouses) made according to the legislation existing in the territories of the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol till March 18, 2014 are valid regardless of the moment of opening of inheritance.

After the death of one of the spouses who constituted the joint will, the share in the right of common joint property to the property acquired by spouses during scrap passes to the surviving spouse. After the death of the surviving spouse persons determined by spouses in the joint will have inheritance right.

During lifetime of spouses each of them has the right to cancel the joint will.

The joint will of spouses voids in case of annulment of marriage.

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