Registered civil law partnership (eGbR)

A German registered civil law partnership (eGbR) is a special form of the civil law partnership (GbR). While a GbR does not need to be entered into a public register, the eGbR is characterized by its registration in a special register, the Civil Law Partnership Register (Gesellschafterregister). Upon the death of a partner, an eGBR (unlike a not-registered GbR) is continued with the remaining partners and the heirs (Erben) of the deceased partner are entitled to a compensation unless otherwise agreed in the partnership agreement. It can be agreed in the partnership agreement, that the heir or another person steps in for the decedent.