Chilean Estate planning is a dynamic process that becomes highly complicated when multiple jurisdictions are involved. Chilean inheritance law has a series of set rules and formalities that differ greatly from common law countries and require expert legal advice to navigate. Spencer Global Consulting offers clients a multidisciplinary team of specialists supervised by experienced attorneys in international and Chilean inheritance law.

We also provide services to clients that need to protect inheritance rights in Chile while living abroad, and can provide for foreign clients living in Chile estate planning services to protect their assets. We specialize in handling intricate estates, such as those spread across multiple countries where property and assets may be located or the laws of multiple jurisdictions may apply because of residency or citizenship. We are fully ready to work with legal council both in Chile and internationally to coordinate such complex estates and inheritance issues involving Chile.

Chile Wills and Inheritance Basics

Chile Inheritance Law

You have likely at one time or another come across stories about someone leaving their entire estate to the family dog. In Chile, you do not get to do that under the inheritance laws. The Chilean inheritance laws are specifically designed to keep someone that dies from disinheriting immediate family members and leaving them penniless even with a will. They also serve the function in some respects of greatly simplifying probate in the Chilean legal system, and in other respects making probate in Chile much more complicated. Chilean Attorney Zandra Valenzuela takes a look at the basics of inheritance in Chile and preparing a will in this article.

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