Inheritance orSuccession Law

When an Ecuadorian dies abroad and/or in Ecuador, what is known as “opening of succession” is opened . This can be:

• Testate, if the deceased left a will.
• Intestate, if no will is involved.

When the heirs are in the United States, they should send a power of attorney to a relative or trusted person to execute immediately:

• Effective possession of assets.
• The opening of succession and faction of inventories.
• Intervention in the deed of partition.
• Representation before the Internal Revenue Service (SRI) of Ecuador.

The civil law in Ecuador establishes that property located in the country is governed only by Ecuadorian law. This excludes the possibility for foreign judges to rule on real estate located in Ecuador.

If you have any doubts or if your case is special, please write to us, and you will have at your disposal a team of proven professionals with experience in all areas of Family Law, together with a staff of attorneys that offers a service that is different from what is commonly offered by other lawyers, notaries or non-professionals.

We have more than 30 years in Ecuador homologating judgments and more than 25 years in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, serving the Ecuadorian and Latino community in general.