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Inheritance matters in Georgia

We handle inheritance matters in Georgia, including where the property is here and the heirs are in other countries.

What the work covers

• Establishing what the estate contains and what encumbrances sit on it. This comes before any paperwork: a flat with a mortgage passes together with the mortgage.
• The will: checking its form, and for a will made abroad, confirming its authenticity and translating it.
• Proving relationship. Birth, marriage and name change certificates, with an apostille or consular legalisation and a translation. This is usually the longest part of the matter, so we start with it.
• Cross-checking the spelling of names across documents from different years and countries. One letter of difference is a common ground for refusal.
• Acting under a power of attorney for heirs who cannot travel.
• Attending the notary and formalising acceptance of the inheritance.
• Re-registering property. Until the record is changed you cannot deal with the property: the register still shows the deceased as owner.
• Disputes: disagreement between heirs, challenges to a will, restoring a missed deadline.

What is not included

• Dealing with property outside Georgia. We can assess the situation, but acting in another country goes by its rules and through local specialists.
• Obtaining documents issued to the applicant in person or requiring their presence in another country.
• Any guarantee of the outcome of a dispute. If it reaches court, the court decides.
• Searching for unknown assets or heirs on our own initiative.

Why the timing matters

The law sets a period within which an inheritance is accepted and what happens if it is missed. Restoring a missed deadline is a harder procedure and does not always succeed.

So the practical advice is simple: once you learn that an inheritance has opened, fix the date and deal with the deadlines straight away, even if collecting documents is still a long way off. The periods themselves are set by law and are checked against the position on the day, not recalled from memory.

What you will need

• The death certificate.
• Documents proving relationship.
• The will, if there is one, and where and when it was made.
• A list of assets in Georgia: addresses and cadastral codes, accounts, shares in companies.
• Extracts from the register for the properties.
• Any known debts and encumbrances.
• The other heirs and the countries they live in.
• The deceased's citizenship and last place of residence.
• The date on which you learned the inheritance had opened.

How the work goes

1. You describe the task, through the form on the site, by email or in a messenger.
2. A lawyer goes through what you have, what still has to be obtained and where the tight spots are.
3. We agree the scope and the price. You pay nothing before that point.
4. We sign a contract in which the scope of the service is set out in writing.
5. You hand over the documents, we check the set and tell you what is missing.
6. We run the procedure and keep you informed at every step.
7. You receive the result and the full set of documents.

Prices

In court proceedings a percentage of the value of the property is added to the fee. It is agreed before the work starts, fixed in the contract and paid once the case is finished and the property actually received.

Consultation - from $30. The price for your case is confirmed before the work starts and fixed in the contract.

What is outside our control

• How quickly authorities in other countries issue and apostille documents.
• The position of the other heirs and their willingness to act together.
• How long the notariat and the register take.
• The court's decision if the matter turns into a dispute.

Where the property is in Georgia and the heirs are spread across countries, a further question arises: which country's law applies. It has to be settled before documents are filed, because the answer affects both who the heirs are and the order of steps.

About this page. It sets out the scope of our service and the general order of the procedure. It is not legal advice and not a public offer: the scope, the timing and the price for a particular matter are agreed individually and recorded in the contract. Requirements, fees and practice change, so anything here is checked against the position on the day you apply. In many procedures the final decision rests with the competent authority and its discretion, so a positive outcome cannot be guaranteed.