Yes! And if whoever in the government is handling that really wants to be evil, he can give your debt to third degree cousins. Of course, those third degree c

Yes! And if whoever in the government is handling that really wants to be evil, he can give your debt to third degree cousins. Of course, those third degree cousins can sue back to not get the debt, and there is a fair chance for they to win and avoid it... But if the government is hell bent enough in taking your money (usually happens when you debt is taxes debt) it can try that. Brazil has two types of heirs, mandatory, and others. You cannot give more than 50% of your inheritance to others in your will, the point of that law is to now allow someone to give money to a distant cousin instead of wife, kids or parents. The issue is that this law summed with the debt inheritance, means that distant cousins are potential (But not mandatory) heirs of your debt, and evil enough government lawyers can make it happen... My guess is that this was setup because Brazillians had the habit to go in debt sprees when they knew they would die (for example, guy know he has cancer, then he buys a yatch and enjoys himself until he dies, this law is to prevent that, but the side effects are terrible).