INHERITANCE CONTRACT AS A NEW BASIS FOR INHERITANCE IN RUSSIAN CIVIL LAW

The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the novelty of the interpretation and application in practice of the provisions of the inheritance contract, which is a new legal construction for Russian law, introduced in civil law by the Federal Law of 19.07.2018 № 217-FZ "On Amendments to Article 256 of Part One and Part Three of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation". The author notes that the adoption of such an unusual legal construction for Russian law has led to numerous contradictions and gaps in the current legislation, the main ones of which are addressed in the article. At the same time, the author concludes that the introduction into the domestic legislation of the provisions providing for the possibility to conclude inheritance contracts is an important step towards the development of inheritance law, it is laying the foundation for further expansion of legal opportunities provided to the participants of inheritance legal relations.

inheritance, heir, testator, contract of succession, will, basis of succession