Inheritance and estates
Proven psychological abuse as a disinheritance ground
The issue and the court’s approach
The court upheld disinheritance where unjustified contempt and abandonment attributable to the children amounted to psychological abuse under its doctrine. The assessment could not be confined to whether insults occurred.
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Official source and identification
Supreme Court · Civil Chamber · STS 267/2019 · 2019-05-13
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