Pet Inheritance in Indonesia Legal Perspective
Fitri Nur Amalia (a*), Baren Valentino (b), Marsella Tridarani (c)
a) Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, Dharmawangsa Dalam Selatan, Airlangga, Gubeng, 60286 Surabaya, Indonesia
b) Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, Dharmawangsa Dalam Selatan, Airlangga, Gubeng, 60286 Surabaya, Indonesia
c) Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, Dharmawangsa Dalam Selatan, Airlangga, Gubeng, 60286 Surabaya, Indonesia
Abstract
Inheritance is a legal event that devolution of property on a heir or heirs upon the death of the inheritor, which the property of the inheritor include assets and liabilities by the law inherited to the heirs who are lineage directly (ab intestato) or who are mandated to accept the inheritance through a will. Nowadays, the heirs do not only originate from the lineage of the inheritor, but also through a will that can be directed to another party outside the testators lineage to receive portions of inheritance or property from the testator. In the development and debatable issue that pets can be appointed as heirs through a will to receive a part or all of the testator-s wealth. Certainly in a legal perspective, inheritance directed at pets is unreasonable even though in a psychological perspective it is generally understood that testator and pets as heirs have a strong emotional ties, but in the concept of legal subjects especially in a legal perspective in Indonesia, pets are not included in the category of legal subjects in the legal system of Indonesia. Therefore this issue will be discussed further with the perspective of civil law in Indonesia to explain why inheritance directed at pets is considered unnatural and not acceptable.
Keywords: Inheritance, Testator, Heir, Pets
Topic: Law, Police and Forensic