T & C Lawfirm

We understand that the succession process can be a difficult time due to the loss of a loved one. We are here to help alleviate the legal process and ensure that your rights are upheld and your estate is protected. With our experience and knowledge, we can guarantee that your case will be handled with the dedication, attention, and care it deserves. Furthermore, we will be at your disposal at all times to answer any questions you may have about the process and to advise you every step of the way. We are lawyers committed to transparency and open communication with our clients. We handle cases from all over the world and are available 24/7! If you would like advice or an approximate quote, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Required documentation

Required documentation Death certificate. Birth and or Marriage certificate, as the case may be. If any heir is dead, or there are more than one degree of kinship to evidence, all the relevant certificates (birth and death) will be needed. Names, Address, ID and Civil Status of all known heirs. Property titles. Power of attorney (if necessary). If any of these documents were issued in a foreign country, the relevant document/s must be apostilled / legalized and translated (by a chartered translator, and the translations must all be legalized by the translator’s bar) into Spanish if they were not in that language. Read more…

Types of inheritances

There are basically two different kinds of probate proceedings in Argentine: intestate successions, meaning successions in absence of a will (sucesiones ab intestato), and testamentary successions. Intestate succession If a person dies leaving no will (intestate succession) Argentine law determines who will inherit the estate, and how it will be distributed, in case of plurality of heirs. Testamentary succession You can make a will in favor of another person, but the ¨porción legítima¨(legal portion) will always be respected. Vacant succession If the person has no heirs, the state is considered vacant and, as such, all assets will be transferred to the Provincial State. Read more…

Legal portion

Argentinian Succession law is based upon the obligations towards family, and imposes therefore strict limitations on individual’’s freedom of testation. Freedom of testation is strongly curtailed, arguably, to protect family members. Argentina has, like France and Spain, a “réserve” (“legítima hereditaria,”, legal portion), this is a portion of the estate of the deceased cannot be disposed of by a will. To protect the legal portion even the gifts advanced to the legal heirs while the defunct was alive must be brought to the inheritance to ensure an equal share of the heirs. Even if in the new Civil and Commercial Code (2015, from now on CCC) has lowered the legal portion for family members, they are still high compared to other similar legal systems. s. Further, the new Civil and Commercial Code, has removed the right of the testator to disinherit their heirs. Read more…

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