# Disinheritance

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R7XjMoxjqIUftkOYtnzzbAu

## Labels

**Preferred Label:** Disownment

**Alternative Labels:**

- Estate Exclusion
- Exclusion from Inheritance
- Heir Exclusion

## Definition

Disinheritance is the legal act of deliberately excluding an heir from receiving property or assets from a deceased person's estate, typically through the terms specified in a will or trust. This action can be taken for various personal, financial, or relational reasons, and must comply with legal statutes to be effective.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R8M0UJWeEVpeK5gMPLTQSl2
- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RDP2t75tSvlsq1GCrOZlInL

**Deprecated:** False