{"id":334067,"date":"2025-09-22T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erbfinanz.de\/?p=334067"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:54:52","slug":"pflichtteilsergaenzungsanspruch-wie-schenkungen-den-pflichtteil-erhoehen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erbfinanz.de\/en\/ratgeber\/pflichtteilsergaenzungsanspruch-wie-schenkungen-den-pflichtteil-erhoehen\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim for a supplementary statutory share: How gifts increase the statutory share"},"content":{"rendered":"

The house has long since been transferred to another\u2019s name, the investment portfolio has been wound up, and there is hardly anything left in the bank accounts. Anyone who has been disinherited and claims their statutory share following the death therefore often faces a second disappointment. Of the assets that had been in place for decades, only a fraction appears in the estate because the deceased gave away the majority of it during their lifetime. A statutory share calculated from this reduced estate then seems like a token payment.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It is precisely for this situation that the law provides for the claim to a supplementary compulsory portion. This means that gifts made in the last ten years \u2013 and, in certain important exceptional cases, even those made much earlier \u2013 are treated for the purposes of the calculation as if they were still part of the estate. In this way, a meagre statutory share can be transformed into a considerably higher monetary claim. This article explains who is entitled to the claim, which gifts count, how the ten-year period and its gradual reduction work, and what is important when it comes to enforcing the claim.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n