Domestic
Family Claims Inheritance Rights to Grandmother Schaaij’s Land, But State Intervenes
Over one hundred heirs of Wilhelmina Fokkolina Meppelder (known as Oma Schaaij) had prepared for land valuation in Rotterdam’s Tweebosbuurt, only to learn that the plot may belong to the State under Article 4:226 of the Civil Code because no claims were made within twenty years of her death in 1955. The National Property Agency intervened after the municipality advertised for heirs, halting expropriation proceedings. Heirs expressed frustration over the unexpected turn, while officials emphasized the need for legal correctness rather than withholding rightful inheritance.
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