My husband and I are in Puerto Rico now (our third trip this year) on a house hunting trip. We thought we would be moving to Puerto Rico within the next year. That was until we learned about the forced heirship laws. We both have children from previous marriages. My understanding of forced heirship is that if my husband were to die, then his children would get 1/3 of our estate, his parents would get 1/3 of our estate, and I would get 1/3 of our estate. This is unacceptable to both of us. Does anybody know a way around this? This will definitely be a deal breaker for us. We have dealt with several realtors here in Puerto Rico, real estate attorneys, and tax planning people, and nobody ever mentioned this to us. We just happened to read about it on the web. We have spent a lot of time and money here trying to find our new home. We hate to give it up, but looks like we might have to. Thanks to anyone here who might have some insight into this.