Someone else, is the name of the child of a spouse who is not the other spouse is also the parent of. Someone else, has as a rule are always entitled to receive his inheritance after his parents when the parent died as Ärvdabalkens 3kap.1 §.

Exemptions apply to the case where the nest is so small that the survivors can apply inheritance Law § 3kap.2 second pc.

Thus, if the survivors do not – after the division of property has been carried out and any private property taken – has property worth the equivalent of four price base so he can get this right out of the deceased's estate, which impinge on särkullbarnets inheritance. Särkullbarnet have to wait to get out all or part of their inheritance until also the surviving spouse has died as inheritance Law 3kap.2 §.

The term can also be used in a cohabiting relationship. Then someone else, a child only to one party in cohabitation.