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Division of Property in case of death

According to Finnish law the main rule is that spouses have marital rights to each other’s property. However, it is possible to limit the...

I do...but hold on a minute

I just got a call from a young French woman. She told me she was getting married in Finland. Further she told me that she had learned...

Love Ukraine

In October 2022 I had the exceptional possibility to listen to a Ukranian family lawyer talk about the important work family lawyers are...

Finnish Maternity Act

I just came home from an IAFL-event (International Academy of International Family Lawyers) in Ibiza, Spain. There were lawyers from over...

Advance inheritance

The basic idea behind an advance inheritance is the principle of equal treatment - i.e. that parents usually want to treat their children...

Gifts - a tool for inheritance planning

A gift is something given voluntarily directly or indirectly without payment in return. A gift can be measured in money or money’s worth...

Inheritance planning

The main questions in inheritance planning are: - to whom? - how much? - when? In order to plan you need tools. The most common tools in...

Choice of law clause

Last week I wrote about how your place of residence decides applicable law. I also mentioned that when it comes to certain specific legal...

Which law is to be applied?

Last week I wrote about how a person by moving to another State can decide where he/she is taxresident. But just because a person has...

Tax-resident vs. tax-nonresident

It's time to submit the annual tax returns in Finland and Finns are once again going through their receipts and checking for ways to...