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Published: 30 September 2013
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The Supreme Court of Ukraine (Chamber of Civil Cases) considered the case № 6-67 CS 13, dated of 4th of September 2013, which was the subject of dispute – to pay OR not to pay interest according on a bank deposit contract after death of the testator .
Until now, the banks had no one position of this question. Some banks continued to charge interest on the deposit until the expiration of his term of agreement, and others stopped charging interest immediately after receipt of the documents confirming the fact of death of the testator (bank depositor) .
The Supreme Court of Ukraine made a legal conclusion that the obligations under the contract of bank deposit is not inextricably close to the identity of the contributor . So in the event of the death Banks have to return to person who accepted the inheritance the sum of a bank deposit and the interest which are charged ACCORDING agreement