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If you wish to set out what will happen to your property later on, you can draw up a will. A will stipulates what should be bequeathed to whom. However, you are not entirely free to choose who gets what, since the law determines the order of inheritance. In normal circumstances, the longest living spouse, children and grandchildren inherit everything. Next in line are parents, siblings and cousins. If there is no family, the state receives the entire estate. When settling the inheritance, the executor first considers heirs from the first category. Heirs from the second category are only considered if there are no heirs in the first category.
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