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Originally Posted by 96C220
Yes, she is.
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George,
This is a whole new can of worms. The fact that the decendent was married makes things a lot more complicated. The house belongs to the surviving spouse. If the house is given to your friend (or sold and the money is given to your friend), it is not an inheritance, it is a gift from the surviving spouse.
It is complicated because of many things. One biggie is how the house was originally owned. Was is a Joint Tenants With Rights of Survivorship or was it Tenants in Common. Or if Greece has such a thing. This has a big impact on the eventual result of all this.
Since there is a surviving spouse in the picture (you did not say in the original post), it may negate everything that I have previously stated.
Sorry man, I don't know what to tell you from here other than get help from a CPA who knows about money matters specifically from Greece. Not any old CPA will work in this case.