A reading map for divorce, heirship, wills and Mainland China property questions involving Hong Kong or overseas parties.
Start with the event you are dealing with, then use the linked guide that matches the people, documents and asset location in your question.
Is the immediate issue divorce, children or marital assets?
Open the divorce guide that matches a Hong Kong–Mainland couple or a foreign spouse using a Shenzhen route.
Is the issue an estate, a will or Mainland China property?
Choose the heir guide by the heir’s connection and the type or location of the Mainland asset.
All guides in this topic
Hong Kong–Mainland divorce, jurisdiction and assets
Use this guide to separate the divorce forum question from the treatment and location of assets.
A foreign spouse divorcing a Chinese spouse in Shenzhen
Use this guide to identify the documents and route questions that arise when a foreign spouse considers Shenzhen.
Hong Kong heirs handling a Mainland China estate
Use this guide to organise heir, will, asset and receiving-institution questions for a Hong Kong heir.
Overseas Chinese inheriting Mainland China property
Use this guide to map interested persons, estate documents and Mainland asset categories.
A foreign national inheriting Shenzhen real estate
Use this guide when the heir is a foreign national and the asset is Shenzhen real estate.
Who wrote this
Peng Zibin (彭子镔) — Lawyer; Beijing Dongyuan Law Firm, Shenzhen Office (registered name: BEIJING DONGYUAN LAW FIRM SHENZHEN OFFICE), law firm practising licence number 24403201011309995; practice areas: criminal compliance, criminal defence, economic crime and criminal-civil intersection disputes。
Not legal advice
This article is general information, not legal advice, and reading it does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Outcomes turn on the specific facts. Before acting, please obtain advice on your own circumstances.