Kreditors mantojuma lietā

Abstract

According to Article 382 of the Latvian Civil Law that includes the principle of universal succession, an estate is the whole and it comprises all immovable and movable property, as well as transferable rights and obligations. Thus, a person involved in an inheritance case might also be a creditor who has an interest to receive a fulfilment of an obligation either from the estate as the whole based on Article 383 or an heir, if the heir has accepted the inheritance based on Article 705 of the Latvian Civil Law. Therefore, the author reveals the meaning of the term “creditor” in the inheritance case and analyses the most important rights and duties of the creditor in the inheritance case.