Civil Code Article 1145
This English translation was last updated on 2021-01-20, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-17. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
A person shall forfeit his right to inherit in any of the following events:(1) Where he has been sentenced to criminal penalty for having intentionally caused or attempted the death of the deceased or of a person entitled to inherit;(2) Where he has, by fraud or by duress, induced the deceased to make, withdraw or alter a will relating to inheritance;(3) Where he has, by fraud or by duress, prevented the deceased from making, withdrawing or altering a will relating to inheritance;(4) Where he has forged, altered, concealed or destroyed the deceased's will relating to inheritance;(5) Where he seriously ill-treated or insulted the deceased and has been forbidden to inherit by the deceased.If, in the cases provided by Subparagraphs 2 to 4 of the preceding Paragraph, the deceased has forgiven the offender, his right to inherit is reassumed.
中文原文 民法第1145條
有左列各款情事之一者，喪失其繼承權：
一、故意致被繼承人或應繼承人於死或雖未致死因而受刑之宣告者。
二、以詐欺或脅迫使被繼承人為關於繼承之遺囑，或使其撤回或變更之者。
三、以詐欺或脅迫妨害被繼承人為關於繼承之遺囑，或妨害其撤回或變更之者。
四、偽造、變造、隱匿或湮滅被繼承人關於繼承之遺囑者。
五、對於被繼承人有重大之虐待或侮辱情事，經被繼承人表示其不得繼承者。
前項第二款至第四款之規定，如經被繼承人宥恕者，其繼承權不喪失。
一、故意致被繼承人或應繼承人於死或雖未致死因而受刑之宣告者。
二、以詐欺或脅迫使被繼承人為關於繼承之遺囑，或使其撤回或變更之者。
三、以詐欺或脅迫妨害被繼承人為關於繼承之遺囑，或妨害其撤回或變更之者。
四、偽造、變造、隱匿或湮滅被繼承人關於繼承之遺囑者。
五、對於被繼承人有重大之虐待或侮辱情事，經被繼承人表示其不得繼承者。
前項第二款至第四款之規定，如經被繼承人宥恕者，其繼承權不喪失。