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A foreign document has no automatic effect in Brazil, and an act performed outside the country usually requires a step here to be valid. Two situations come up often: those who live in São Paulo and married, divorced or inherited abroad, and those who left São Paulo and need to resolve something that stayed in Brazil. CK Advogadas works on both.
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.
Consular and apostilled powers of attorney for acts in Brazil
Probate in Brazil of assets of a deceased person domiciled abroad
Consular registration and transcription of a marriage certificate
Recognition of a foreign judgment by the STJ
Sale and regularization of property in Brazil by those living abroad
Apostille and sworn translation of documents
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
Transcription of birth and death certificates issued 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 São Paulo, São Paulo.
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.
The rule in art. 961 of the Code of Civil Procedure is that a foreign decision only has effect in Brazil after recognition by the STJ. Paragraph 5 of the same article opens a relevant exception: a foreign judgment of uncontested divorce has effect regardless of recognition. In practice, this separates two routes with very different costs and timelines, and sorting between them is the first thing to do.
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 São Paulo owned by someone who died in another country is therefore not resolved by the foreign decision: it requires a Brazilian proceeding.
When consular registration was not done at the time, there is an alternative route for recognition, with its own evidentiary requirements. The assessment takes into account the country of birth, the available documents and the parents' situation at the time of birth.
Name, support and inheritance rights derive from parentage, and none of these effects is lost because of distance. The production of evidence, including genetic testing, is organized considering where each party lives and the cost of travel.
The order of the steps matters: apostilling after translating, or translating from a copy without an apostille, usually results in rejection and rework. Birth, marriage and death certificates, judgments, powers of attorney and diplomas follow the same procedure, with specific requirements from each recipient.
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 São Paulo.
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The team indicates which records are relevant for the initial assessment.
Once the situation is understood, the applicable legal routes are explained.
Based in the state of Rio de Janeiro, CK Advogadas serves clients in São Paulo by digital means, with the care needed to understand documents, risks and goals.
The work may involve preventive measures, negotiations, out-of-court procedures and lawsuits, depending on the particulars of the situation.
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 São Paulo can carry out this individual analysis.
Reading the document defines whether the case is for annotation at the registry office, recognition by the STJ or its own procedure in Brazil. Service in any time zone.
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