Key legal question
Whether an heir certificate may be issued to the instituted heirs after the limitation periods for invalidity and reduction actions have expired, despite a prior timely objection by the reserved heir.
Extracted holding
Yes. The objection under Art. 559 para. 1 ZGB only prevents premature delivery of the estate; it does not permanently block an heir certificate once the challenge periods have expired.
Extracted reasoning
The objection and the succession actions serve different purposes. The objection does not create a proceeding determining substantive entitlement and does not reverse the statutory plaintiff roles under Arts. 519 and 522 ZGB. After expiry of the one-year periods, the instituted heirs may request the certificate; the objecting heir remains entitled only to a non-prescribed defense of invalidity or reduction.