A man in the Zhambyl Region who voluntarily renounced his inheritance and then tried to overturn his own decision in court six years later has lost his case against his late brother's wife, infohub.kz reports.
According to the official Telegram channel of the Zhambyl Region courts, the Shu District Court heard a civil case brought by the man against his deceased brother's wife seeking to invalidate his own renunciation of the inheritance.
After the plaintiff's father died in February 2020, he left an estate consisting of a house, a plot of land and a VAZ-21093 car. The plaintiff and his sister renounced the inheritance in favor of their brother. The brother accepted it but died before he could obtain a certificate of inheritance.
In March 2026, the brother died. The plaintiff then went to court, claiming he had been mistaken about the consequences of renouncing the inheritance and that the notary had allegedly failed to properly explain the procedure for registering the property.
The plaintiff also said he had lived in his parents' house since 2010, maintaining, repairing and improving it.
The court found that in 2020 the plaintiff had personally and voluntarily signed a renunciation of the inheritance in his brother's favor before a notary. The notary confirmed that the consequences of the renunciation had been fully explained.
The court noted that the plaintiff had provided no evidence of fraud, coercion or mistake in the notarial act. A change of mind is not grounds for reversing a renunciation of inheritance.
In addition, after the brother's death, his wife, two minor children and mother became first-priority heirs. The plaintiff, as the deceased's brother, belongs to the second priority of inheritance.
The court dismissed the claim. The plaintiff was ordered to pay the defendant 200,000 tenge in legal costs. The ruling has not yet entered into force.