THE INSTITUTE OF UNWORTHY HEIRS IN CIVIL LAW
The authors consider hereditary legal relations. The article deals with the issues that arise in the practice of applying the provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on unworthy heirs. The provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation establish only evaluative categories, through the prism of which the courts, exercising their discrete powers, assess the actions of persons called for inheritance. Special attention should be paid to the issue of recognizing as unworthy heirs of persons committing offenses aimed at removing hereditary property from the hereditary mass, since the established judicial practice ignores the social danger of these offenses. In this connection, the authors substantiates the need to supplement the list of offenses that entail legal consequences for the heir in the form of recognition of him unworthy and removal from inheritance.