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Private international law defines which law applies, which authority has jurisdiction and what must be done for a foreign act to have effect in Brazil. For those with roots in Sertão Santana - RS and a life abroad, this definition comes before any practical step, because it determines whether the route is the registry office, the STJ or a Brazilian court.
Registry and notary fees follow the state inspectorate's table and are updated periodically. Confirm the current amounts before any notarial or registry act.
The work is defined according to the documents, the risks and the client's goal.
Recognition of a foreign judgment by the STJ
Apostille and sworn translation of documents
Consular registration and transcription of a marriage certificate
Transcription of birth and death certificates issued abroad
Consular and apostilled powers of attorney for acts in Brazil
Representation of an heir living outside the country
Direct annotation of a foreign uncontested divorce at the registry office
Paternity acknowledgment and paternity suits with a party abroad
Probate in Brazil of assets of a deceased person domiciled abroad
Sale and regularization of property in Brazil by those living abroad
Divorce in Brazil for those living abroad
The field of international law covers legal situations connected to Brazil and another country. See the most requested international law services in Sertão Santana, Rio Grande do Sul.
Assets located in Brazil are probated in Brazil. Art. 23, II, of the Code of Civil Procedure gives the Brazilian authority, to the exclusion of any other, jurisdiction over probate and division of assets located here, even if the deceased was a foreigner or domiciled abroad. Property in Sertão Santana owned by someone who died in another country is therefore not resolved by the foreign decision: it requires a Brazilian proceeding.
Until this step is taken, the person remains married under Brazilian law. This blocks a new marriage, complicates probate and keeps the marital status outdated in documents. For those who divorced abroad and have the marriage registered in Sertão Santana, regularization starts with reading the foreign judgment, which defines whether the case is for the registry office or the STJ.
The property regime does not automatically follow the law of the country of the ceremony. Art. 7, §4, of the Law of Introduction to the Norms of Brazilian Law provides that the regime follows the law of the spouses' domicile and, if different, that of the first marital domicile. The consequence appears years later, in the division of assets or probate, when it is discussed what was common and what was separate property.
An acknowledgment made abroad must be transcribed to have effect in Brazil. If there is no voluntary acknowledgment, a paternity suit is possible, and it proceeds even with the other party living abroad, through service by the appropriate route, including international legal cooperation mechanisms.
The alternative of divorcing in the country of residence has a consequence: the foreign judgment will later need to be annotated or recognized in Brazil to be valid here. Comparing both routes before starting avoids doing the same procedure twice, in two countries, with two costs.
A document issued in a country that is party to the Hague Convention needs an apostille affixed in the country of origin to be accepted in Brazil, plus a sworn translation into Portuguese. A Brazilian document to be used abroad follows the reverse path, with an apostille from an authorized registry office in Brazil. Non-signatory countries follow consular legalization, which is slower.
Hiring an international law attorney is a decision of trust and involves foreign documents, deadlines and difficult decisions. Our credibility starts from the first contact. Here the whole history and the documents are centralized so that you know, at each step, what has been done and what comes next. See some good practices for hiring a lawyer in Sertão Santana.
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Below are the most frequent questions about international law. They are general guidance and do not replace a reading of your case. An international law attorney in Sertão Santana can carry out this individual analysis.
An untranscribed marriage and an unannotated divorce block probate, the sale of property and a new marriage. Resolving it early avoids urgency later.
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