Forced share

Forced share or legal reserve (유류분/遺留分) refers to a portion of inheritance given to the surviving spouse and children against or absent of the will of the inheritee.

The term derives from the process of inheritance in that the inheritor is forced by law to share the inheritance received based upon the inheritee's will. Therefore, the estranged inheritor is entitled to claim for his or her share of inheritance by law. See Inheritance.

Article 1112 of the Civil Act prescribes the shares as follows:
 * Lineal descendant (직계비속): 1/2 of the intestate share, or the inheritance stipulated by law (법정상속분);
 * Surviving spouse (배우자): 1/2 of the intestate share;
 * Lineal ascendant (직계존속): 1/3 of the intestate share;
 * Siblings (형제자매): 1/3 of the intestate share.