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The subject of my Master's degree thesis is the issue of proceedings relating to decedent's estate. The main aim of this thesis is to describe the course of this proceedings with respect to current legislation. In general, the inheritace rights arise at the very moment of decedent's death. Nevertheless, the decedent's estate proceedings must still take place. A notary (as a court commissioner) is therefore tasked to locate potential inheritors, assets and debts of the decedent's estate. The goal of the proceedings is to devide relevant assets and debts among located heirs. My thesis is devided into four individual parts. First of them consists of two chapters, which are dedicated to history and sources of law. The second part deals with general aspects of decedent's estate proceedings. It consists of four chapters about characteristics and function of decedent's estate proceedings, jurisdiction, notaries as court commissioners and parties of the proceedings. The third part concern the course of decedent's estate proceedings. As for this significant part, it is devided into twelve chapters, which deal with proceedings' initiation, preliminary investigation, estate collateral, administration of the estate, detecting heirs, inquiry about assets and debts, joint property of spouses, hearing in...