Families who lose a family member barely have time to grieve and must already mobilize to initiate an inventory process to avoid fines, which can be done judicially or extrajudicially.
Since 2007, our legislation has allowed the inventory to be processed extrajudicially before notary offices, imposing, for this purpose, that certain conditions be observed, namely: no will; absence of an incapable interested party; and consensus among the successors.
However, in a recent decision issued by a judge of the 3rd Civil Court of Leme, the issuance of a warrant authorizing the carrying out of an extrajudicial inventory was authorized even when minors were involved.
The decision demonstrates progress and an incentive to further streamline this process and consequently relieve the burden on the Judiciary.
