Women’s property and inheritance rights under the new Civil Code — what changed?

Short answer: The 2017 Civil Code grants equal inheritance rights to daughters and sons in ancestral property — the marital-status condition was removed. In practice, family arrangements still vary widely.

What is now the law.

• Daughters and sons inherit equally.
• Marriage no longer alters a daughter’s inheritance rights.
• Spousal property has its own provisions.

Law vs practice. Many families still divide informally, and disputes arise when one party invokes the new code after years of informal arrangement. Document early to avoid the harder conversation later.

Has your family done the registration cleanly? What helped?