Willsin Ecuador and Abroad
A will is an act by which a person disposes of all or part of his property, so that it will have full effect after his days, retaining the power to revoke the dispositions contained therein during his lifetime.
Among the requirements are:
- To be of Ecuadorian nationality or resident in Ecuador.
- To have three witnesses who hear and understand the last dispositions and will of the testator.
- Be granted before a Notary Public, as it is a solemn act, and/or before a consul abroad.
A will written and granted in a foreign country shall be valid in Ecuador, if, with respect to the solemnities, its conformity with the laws of the country in which it was granted is evidenced and, in addition, if the authenticity of the respective instrument is proven in the ordinary manner.
All testamentary dispositions are essentially revocable, even if the testator expresses in the will a determination not to revoke them.
A will is an act of a single person. All dispositions contained in a will granted by two or more persons at the same time, whether for the reciprocal benefit of the grantors or of a third person, shall be null and void.
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.
Deeds andContracts
If you need to execute deeds of purchase, sale, partition, inheritance adjudication, mortgage, wills, authorization to leave the country, marital contracts or divorces in a notary’s office, you must do so by means of a public deed.
The public deed is a notarial and public document that has formal and substantive solemnities, giving absolute legal certainty to such document.
We have performed countless public deeds in Ecuador, even in cases where both the buyer and seller are located in New York. Once the process is completed and duly registered, we deliver the completed documentation to the interested parties.
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.