{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ma\u00eetre Reda Kohen, Real Estate and Business Law Attorney in Paris","provider_url":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/","author_name":"Kohen","author_url":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/author\/kohenmlk\/","title":"French Inheritance Law for Foreign Property Owners: The Forced Heirship Rules That Override Your Will","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YAq7a5usF5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/french-inheritance-forced-heirship-foreign-property-owners\/\">French Inheritance Law for Foreign Property Owners: The Forced Heirship Rules That Override Your Will<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/french-inheritance-forced-heirship-foreign-property-owners\/embed\/#?secret=YAq7a5usF5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;French Inheritance Law for Foreign Property Owners: The Forced Heirship Rules That Override Your Will&#8221; &#8212; Ma\u00eetre Reda Kohen, Real Estate and Business Law Attorney in Paris\" data-secret=\"YAq7a5usF5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kohenavocats.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mohamed-nohassi-2pwiobQzBhg-unsplash.webp","thumbnail_width":6996,"thumbnail_height":4102,"description":"When a British national purchases a holiday home in the Dordogne, an American investor acquires a Paris apartment, or an Australian expat settles in Provence, the last thing on their mind is usually what happens to that property after they die. Yet French inheritance law operates on principles fundamentally at odds with the testamentary freedom [&hellip;]"}