Solución de controversias en el derecho internacional privado referente a la apertura de una sucesión.

Abstract

The main goal of Private International Law is to regulate the relations and legal acts that bind legislative systems of different countries. The diversity of regulations of each country along with the diversity of lines of thought are constantly provoking law conflicts; a example of the problematic occurring in international legal traffic, are the cases of succession due to death. There is a variety of systems, theories and criteria, which are basis for each country to establish its own regulations concerning succession issues; However, there is no uniformity of criteria among the laws of each country, for this reason there is a need to appeal to doctrine, theories, jurisprudence and more, to solve law conflict in general. That is how within a succession, many scenarios can be given in which several laws intervene, and from which the applicable law will have to be defined.The answer to which law has to be applied to a succession can be complex, due to the fact that several elements must be taken into account, such as: the place where the deceased died, his home, his nationality, the place where he left his property, etc. The problem of establishing the applicable law can complicate and delay the opening of a succession, but once the connection points and international regulations are established, the applicable legislation can be defined.