Your American marriage recorded in Brazil, with effect on marital property, inheritance and retirement. We handle the transcription at the Brazilian registry, without you leaving the United States.
If your case fits one of these scenarios, our team runs the whole procedure in Brazil with no need for you to travel.
For Brazil you are still single. The spouse does not appear as an heir, the property regime does not apply to assets held there, and any pension claim depending on the marriage runs into a record that does not show it.
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.
You have the apostilled American certificate. It is translated and filed in Brazil.
The marriage is recorded at the Brazilian consulate and transcribed later.
Works with either route: you grant a power of attorney and we handle the rest.
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.
It is valid, but it produces no effect in Brazilian records until it is registered there. Without registration, Brazilian records still show you as single.
There is no forfeiture deadline, but delay creates practical problems: inheritance, property sales and pension claims all run into records that do not reflect the marriage.
As a rule, the one in force at the place of celebration, with the effects Brazilian law gives it. The case review clarifies what applies to your assets in Brazil.
In most cases, no. The procedure runs on the marriage certificate and its documents.
No. The registration is carried out by our team directly at the Brazilian registry.
It takes two minutes to fill in. A Brazilian lawyer reviews your case and replies in writing with what can be done, how long it takes and what it costs.
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