Inheritance Rights of a cohabiting partner” / “de facto partner”

The recent recognition, under Law 5303/2026, of inheritance rights in favor of a person who was in a stable and permanent common-law relationship with the decedent constitutes one of the most significant developments in Greek inheritance law. The legislature, taking into account contemporary forms of family cohabitation, provides specific protection to the surviving partner, both through rights to certain assets and through the possibility of participating in intestate succession. This protection is not identical to that afforded to a spouse, nor does it lead to a complete equivalence of the two institutions. However, the surviving cohabitant now acquires substantive rights, which,...