Pasierb spadkodawcy jako spadkobierca ustawowy (art. 9341 k.c.)

The article discusses the issue of statutory succession by the deceased’s stepchild. In the current state of law, in the light of art. 9341 of Civil Code if the deceased leaves no spouse or relatives by consanguinity called to the succession by the law, the estate falls in equal parts to those children of the deceased’s spouse whose parents did not live to the opening of the succession. The publication points out numerous interpretation doubts on the grounds of the aforementioned provision. The question was also posed whether, in the times of changing social conditions and changes in the model of family life, it is not necessary to make changes in the law to strengthen the legal and inheritance position of the stepchildren of the deceased.