The recent intervention of the ombudsman allowed two orphans from Naryn to receive an inheritance that their relatives did not want to transfer to them. This was reported by the Ombudsman Institute.
A pensioner, K.G. from Naryn, turned to the representative of the ombudsman in the Naryn region with a request to protect her grandchildren's inheritance rights. She sought help for her grandchildren, who are 14 and 15 years old.
In her appeal, the woman explained that her son A.M. and daughter-in-law O.Z. divorced in 2014 after six years of marriage. The children remained with their father, and their grandmother became their guardian.
Unfortunately, nine years after the divorce, the children lost their father, and in 2024, their mother passed away. As a result, the grandmother officially became the guardian of the minors by a court decision in the city of Naryn.
According to information received from social workers, a land plot for agricultural purposes was registered in the name of the deceased daughter-in-law. Upon learning this, the grandmother decided to register the plot in the name of her grandchildren as their legal heirs. However, the relatives of the daughter-in-law began to obstruct this process by not providing the necessary documents.
Institute staff conducted a consultation and explained the grandmother's rights as well as the procedure for appealing to the court.
According to Article 1142 of the Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, the first-order heirs are children, parents, and spouses.
Article 1159 of the Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic clarifies that the inheritance is distributed by agreement of the heirs, and if no agreement is reached, then through the court.
After contacting the Ombudsman Institute, the woman was assigned a free lawyer from the Legal Aid Service under the Ministry of Justice.
A request was also sent to the regional branch of the State Agency for Land Resources, Cadastre, and Geodesy, which confirmed the existence of a land plot of 58 acres in Naryn registered in the name of the mother of the teenagers.
The ombudsman representative helped the grandmother gather the necessary documents, and she appealed to the court. As a result, the party contesting the plot agreed to a settlement.
Now the minors have received a certificate of inheritance rights and were able to register the land in their name.
The agency emphasized that Ombudsman Jamila Dzhamanbaeva highlights the need to uphold children's inheritance rights, which is enshrined in the country's Constitution and is one of the priority areas of the ombudsman's work.
