Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 December 2013
124. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce strict rules regarding the debarring of persons, who have been proved guilty of killing others, from inheriting from their estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52200/13]
View answerThe position is that section 120(1) of the Succession Act 1965 provides that a sane person who has been guilty of the murder, attempted murder or manslaughter of another shall be precluded from taking any share in the estate of that other, except a share arising under a will made after the act constituting the offence and shall not be entitled to make a claim under section 117 of the Act which relates to provision for children.
