unworthiness to inherit (Erbunwürdigkeit)
Pursuant to § 2339 BGB, an individual is unworthy to inherit:
- if he/she has intentionally and unlawfully killed or attempted to kill the deceased, or has put him in a state as a result of which the deceased was incapable until his death of making or revoking a will or other disposition mortis causa,
- if he/she has intentionally and unlawfully prevented the deceased from making or revoking a will or other disposition mortis causa,
- if he/she has, by deceit or unlawfully by duress, induced the deceased to make or revoke a will or other disposition mortis causa,
- if he/she is, in respect of a will or other disposition mortis causa made by the deceased, guilty of a criminal offence under the provisions of §§ 267, 271 to 274 of the Criminal Code.