Wills and Successions (Amendment No. 3 – Collateral Succession of Immovable Estate) (Jersey) Law 2024
AI-assisted research summary: This Law amends the Wills and Successions (Jersey) Law 1993 and changes how certain immovable estate is treated in collateral succession on intestacy.
Wills and Successions (Amendment N o. 3 – Collateral Succession of Immovable Estate) (Jersey) Law 2024 Contents Article 1 Wills and Successions (Jersey) Law 1993 amended . 2 2 Article 3A inserted . 2 3 Article 14C inserted . 2 4 Citation and commencement 3 Wills and Successions (Amendment N o. 3 – Collateral Succession of Immovable Estate) (Jersey) Law 2024 A LAW to further amend the Wills and Successions (Jersey) Law 1993 . Adopted by the States 7th February 2024 Sanctioned by Order of His Majesty in Council 10th April 2024 Registered by the Royal Court 19th April 2024 Coming into force 26th April 2024 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of His Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Wills and Successions (Jersey) Law 1993 amended This Law amends the Wills and Successions (Jersey) Law 1993 . 2 Article 3A inserted After Article 3 there is inserted – “3A Assets forming part of immovable estate treated as acquêts ( 1 ) In every collateral succession of immovable estate on intestacy, an asset forming part of the immovable estate (whether acquired by the deceased person on inheritance or by other means) is treated as an acquêt . ( 2 ) This Article does not apply to the estate of a person who dies before the commencement of the Wills and Successions (Amendment No. 3 – Collateral Succession of Immovable Estate) (Jersey) Law 2024.”. 3 Article 14C inserted After Article 14B, there is inserted – “14C Abolition of rules relating to collateral succession of immovable estate ( 1 ) The following rules of customary law, which relate to propres , are abolished – ( a ) paterna paternis, materna maternis ; ( b ) le côté paternel l’emporte par dignité .”. ( 2 ) The abolition in paragraph (1) does not apply to the estate of a person who dies before the commencement of the Wills and Successions (Amendment No. 3 – Collateral Succession of Immovable Estate) (Jersey) Law 2024.”. 4 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Wills and Successions (Amendment No. 3 – Collateral Succession of Immovable Estate) (Jersey) Law 2024 and comes into force 7 days after it is registered.