According to Spiegel information, widow of late Altkanzlers Helmut Kohl, Maike Kohl's judge, is sole heiress of CDU politician who died in June. This is explained by inheritance, which probate court in Ludwigshafen on Rhine on 10 August issued, reported news magazine. To date, issue of inheritance regulation was not publicly known.
The relationship between Kohl's second wife and his sons from first marriage, Walter and Peter, is considered to be shattered. Walter Kohl had said in a talk show a few weeks ago that re was still a "legal clarification" of Erbfrage within family during Kohl's lifetime. However, he left it open to whom inheritance is going. With single heir rule, sons would actually be entitled to a compulsory part.
According to picture on Sunday, however, Peter and Walter Kohl refrained from it. In April 2016, y refore signed a so-called ERB portion waiver. For this, y and grandchildren had already paid a million euros in Kohl's lifetime, according to newspaper.
After Kohl's death in June, re had been between bereaved quarrels about funeral ceremonies. Walter Kohl criticized celebrations as "unworthy". Among or things, he had criticized in interview with time, with decision for a funeral in Speyer instead of family tomb in Ludwigshafen-Friesen home to be separated Kohl's political life work by his wife Hannelore. Already during his far's lifetime, he had repeatedly complained, Maike Kohl-judge Scot left her husband from former companions and claimed sole interpretation of his life's work.
Kohl's estate also includes files to which Federal archives claim. Some of files are disputed between federal archives and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS). After his election defeat, Kohl had 1998 around 400 files from chancellor's office to Kas archive.
In year 2010, he demanded documents with justification that he needed m for anor memoir band. Now papers are in his private house in Oggersheim. The foundation requires that papers be completely returned to ir archives.
On or hand, Michael Hollmann, president of Federal archives, refers to legal situation. Thereafter, state documents are included in Federal archives. To date, however, it is unclear wher and to what extent Chancellor's official documents have been placed in folders.
Date Of Update: 15 October 2017, 12:03
