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I am no lawyer... but I think it doesn't work exactly this way. You just inherit the debts if you decide to accept the inheritance (you have the option to just

I am no lawyer... but I think it doesn't work exactly this way. You just inherit the debts if you decide to accept the inheritance (you have the option to just repudiate it). http://insolvenciapessoal.com/dividas-para-os-herdeiros/ http://insolvenciapessoal.com/dividas-para-os-herdeiros/ (in Portuguese) I live in France, and as far as I know, it works the same way. In Brazil your main residence is even protected (if you live on it)... only my 2c, but in in my opinion, US is still the scariest.

speeder 13y ago
Your link is about law in Portugual, not Brazil, note the currency mentioned is Euro, not Reais. But I got curious enough, to see if there is anything analogous in Brazil, and indeed there is, by another name "renuncia". The law (I will skip the non-interesting part) about "renuncia": Art. 1.807. O interessado em que o herdeiro declare se aceita, ou não, a herança, poderá, vinte dias após aberta a sucessão, requerer ao juiz prazo razoável, não maior de trinta dias, para, nele, se pronunciar o herdeiro, sob pena de se haver a herança por aceita. Art. 1.812. São irrevogáveis os atos de aceitação ou de renúncia da herança. Art. 1.813. Quando o herdeiro prejudicar os seus credores, renunciando à herança, poderão eles, com autorização do juiz, aceitá-la em nome do renunciante. § 1o A habilitação dos credores se fará no prazo de trinta dias seguintes ao conhecimento do fato. § 2o Pagas as dívidas do renunciante, prevalece a renúncia quanto ao remanescente, que será devolvido aos demais herdeiros. Thus in short: You have 20 days to renounce your inheritance. If your are inheriting debts and renounce your inheritance, your creditors can sue to force you still inherit the debt and pay them, and after the debt is paid, the "good" parts of the inheritance get successfully renounced and go to someone else, thus attempting to renounce a debt only results in punishment, since you still get the debt, but DON'T get the good parts of the inheritance.
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- joseflavio 13y ago
  Wow... impressive and scary, 20 days is nothing, and the worse is that sometimes the debts can show up way later...

speeder 13y ago

Your link is about law in Portugual, not Brazil, note the currency mentioned is Euro, not Reais. But I got curious enough, to see if there is anything analogous in Brazil, and indeed there is, by another name "renuncia". The law (I will skip the non-interesting part) about "renuncia": Art. 1.807. O interessado em que o herdeiro declare se aceita, ou não, a herança, poderá, vinte dias após aberta a sucessão, requerer ao juiz prazo razoável, não maior de trinta dias, para, nele, se pronunciar o herdeiro, sob pena de se haver a herança por aceita. Art. 1.812. São irrevogáveis os atos de aceitação ou de renúncia da herança. Art. 1.813. Quando o herdeiro prejudicar os seus credores, renunciando à herança, poderão eles, com autorização do juiz, aceitá-la em nome do renunciante. § 1o A habilitação dos credores se fará no prazo de trinta dias seguintes ao conhecimento do fato. § 2o Pagas as dívidas do renunciante, prevalece a renúncia quanto ao remanescente, que será devolvido aos demais herdeiros. Thus in short: You have 20 days to renounce your inheritance. If your are inheriting debts and renounce your inheritance, your creditors can sue to force you still inherit the debt and pay them, and after the debt is paid, the "good" parts of the inheritance get successfully renounced and go to someone else, thus attempting to renounce a debt only results in punishment, since you still get the debt, but DON'T get the good parts of the inheritance.

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joseflavio 13y ago
Wow... impressive and scary, 20 days is nothing, and the worse is that sometimes the debts can show up way later...