United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 154205
Succession
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14 April 2022
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21 April 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2022 to Question 111770, on Succession, whether he plans to put in place protections to prevent a convicted domestic abuser inheriting from the death of their spousal victim i
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14 April 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2022 to Question 111770, on Succession, whether he plans to put in place protections to prevent a convicted domestic abuser inheriting from the death of their spousal victim i
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21 April 2022
Answer
The law normally prevents those guilty of an unlawful killing from being a beneficiary of a will (the ‘forfeiture rule’) but does not automatically change inheritance rights for any other conviction. I am, however, aware of concern that the law may not go...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-14/154205
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1457788
- uk · wq-1457788 · source updated 21 April 2022