I inherited an apartment under my aunt’s will. There are large debts due on the estate because my aunt incurred heavy care and medical costs over a long period before her death. Could my inheritance be at risk because of these debts, or is it ‘saved’ because it is real estate, rather than money ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 13 May, 2022Although when a testator bequeaths particular property to someone in a will there is an assumption that the person should receive it in its entirety, this is so only when there are sufficient funds in the residual estate to cover the debts after the beneficiaries’ shares have been put aside. Where this is not the case, the beneficiaries will have to bear the burden of the debts, according to their relative inheritance. It does not matter whether they inherit rights, real estate or moveable property.