LANGUAGE/LEGAL HELP NEEDED IN SPLIT, YOUR ADVICE PLEASE

[NICKJ]

Good afternoon Croats in the the UK

First apologies for not posting in Croatian, unfortunately my father didn't get round to teaching me the language as a kid, but I am working on it!


I require some advice in regards to a real estate issue on one of the islands near split.  My father inherited the land a while back, but has little paperwork and quite frankly would rather me deal with it. He is not willing to travel to sort things out.

I on the other hand have no language and very little legal experience.

The current situation:

Some paperwork demonstrate land ownership across a couple of sites
Land is owned by various parties and needs to be divided.
Location of land is known but not to what extent.
Unsure what other land my father owns.

Currently I have no idea what stage anything is at and what needs to be done.

What I am looking to achieve is to have everything documented in one place. and eventually claim the land, build a fence etc.

Has anyone got any idea where I need to start with all this?  Who should I speak to? Hire a lawyer hire a translator? Can someone be hired to look after all of it???

How can I legally represent my dads estate? What kind of documentation would i need to provide to represent my dad?


any ideas great welcomed, if anyone out there is in a position to help with translation/legals, I would be more than happy to discuss.

many thanks

NICK

[vlb]

The first thing you need is legal authority prepared in this country (if your father resides here) and translated by court registered translator in Croatia. I am assuming your father is still alive. If he is able to travel you can do the authority in Croatia but it is usually only valid for 6 months and needs to be renewed regularly.
With the authority and his ID documents you need to apply for Land Registry (Katastar) documents to show ownership details. If you know the land ownership (Vlasnicki list) details or land registry details, you can look it up on www.katastar.hr. Take great care as to whom you allow to deal with such matters as it is all too easy to transfer ownership fraudulently and you may find yourself with nothing at the end and no way to prove that your father inherited anything.
You also need to clear issue of multi-ownership. For many years large families lost touch with their members and land was just worked/used by children, grandchildren and sometime even great-grandchildren of people who were left behind but never legally transferred. That may mean that the owners would still be registered as the people who have been dead for 50 or more years. In that case, you will have to prove who inherited what from whom and when; how was land/property divided and who had historical use of it. Courts have details of Inheritance hearings (Ostavinska rasprava) for people from whom your father inherited property.
And as for fencing it off at the end (and that may be seen by your children??) wish you the best of British. You may find that you own 1/8 of land here, another 1/10 of land there, another 1/12 somewhere else. The other co-owners have right of access over your land to work it; they may have built property on it (building without planning permission is rife in Croatia)
The situation in coastal areas of Croatia is much more complex as many families had large numbers of children who emigrated between the wars and never bothered to pursue any inheritance transfers when parents died.
Are you in contact with any family you have in the area? Are they willing to come to some sort of agreement with you over what you think you have inherited and what you can prove and sign it over to you? A deal with them may be easier, quicker and far less costly in money, time, nerves and relationships.
If more info needed I will provide my personal email but not sure how much help that may be.

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