Il trust in funzione parasuccessoria con finalità assistenziale

Di Ivan Libero Nocera -
The article examines the use of the trust as a parasuccessory instrument with an assistential function within the Italian legal system. Proceeding from the growing theoretical and practical relevance of the inter vivos trust as a tool of family protection and estate planning—particularly when aimed at the care of vulnerable individuals—it analyses its compatibility with the principles of forced heirship that define the Italian succession framework. Drawing on recent case law of the Corte di Cassazione, the study highlights the procedural and evidentiary challenges faced by forced heirs in seeking to reduce trust dispositions. Particular attention is devoted to the possible analogical ext. . .