Probate and division of assets in Brazil with heirs abroad, including apostille, sworn translation and estate tax. Our team files and follows it in person, without you travelling.
If your case fits one of these scenarios, our team runs the whole procedure in Brazil with no need for you to travel.
Missing the legal deadline after the death triggers a penalty on the estate transfer tax. Meanwhile, the property cannot be sold, bank accounts stay frozen and shares in a company remain locked, while maintenance costs keep running.
Service in your own time zone in the United States (in Portuguese, English or Spanish) and execution in person at registries and courts in any Brazilian state.
We review your documents and build the legal strategy that best fits your case.
We arrange the sworn translation and the Hague Apostille with no hassle.
Our team files and follows the case in person at registries and courts.
You receive the certificate or recorded document digitally and by physical mail.
Each route carries different requirements and costs. Reviewing your documents we determine which applies — and the estimated timeline goes in writing in the proposal, before any payment.
Heirs in agreement. With a will or an under-age heir, it depends on the registry's reading.
Where the heirs disagree, probate runs as a court case and the judge decides the division.
Common to both routes: the state inheritance tax is assessed and paid before the transfer.
A simplified list of the documents usually required to start the procedure.
The exact list for your case comes with the initial review — we ask only for what is needed, with no pointless paperwork.
Service in your own time zone in the United States — and execution in person at registries and courts in any Brazilian state.
14 years in Private International Law and more than 2,000 Brazilian and foreign clients served. Law degree from PUC Minas, MBA from FGV, international training in Belgium (Louvain) and Australia (Newcastle). Former professor at PUC Minas.
19 years of practice and more than 2,500 cases in Brazil, in civil, contract and real estate law. Former court-appointed defender for the Bar of Santa Catarina, a Brazilian and American citizen, he has lived in Florida since 2016 and serves clients in three languages.
Law graduate with advanced training in International Family Law. She is the one who receives and organizes your case in the United States: document review, case follow-up, liaison with the team in Brazil and service in your own time zone.
No. A public power of attorney drawn up from abroad allows our team to act for each heir throughout the procedure.
The tax is due in the Brazilian state where the assets are, calculated on their value. We handle the calculation and the payment as part of the procedure.
Yes. Any foreign document must be apostilled in the issuing state and then sworn-translated in Brazil.
Only after probate transfers ownership to the heirs. Before that, the property cannot be transferred.
It changes nothing in the procedure. Our team serves the family in Portuguese, English or Spanish, and the documents are sworn-translated.
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