Family Law 2025

BRAZIL Law and Practice Contributed by: Cassio Namur and Roberta Toledo, Tortoro, Madureira & Ragazzi Advogados

Tortoro, Madureira & Ragazzi Advogados has a team of 15 attorneys and two senior partners handling family law with discretion and con - fidentiality. With four integrated offices in São Paulo, Brasilia, Ribeirão Preto and Campinas, the firm represents clients in complex issues within family and succession law related to international jurisdictions, in procedures con - cerning matters such as ratifying foreign deci - sions, definition of jurisdiction, custody and maintenance, and application of the Hague Convention. The practice deals with marriage, stable or de facto unions, prenuptial agree -

ments and marital property regimes, as well as divorce, custody and visitation, search and seizure of minors, cases of multi-jurisdictional estate planning, guardianship, custody and in - terdiction, court-supervised and out-of-court succession processes, and estate planning in corporate matters. Recent cross-border cases the firm has dealt with include child abduction under the Hague Convention involving the UK, the USA, Argentina, Bahamas, Portugal, and Spain. The firm has also recently handled multi- jurisdictional succession matters.

Authors

Cassio Namur holds an MBA in corporate finance from the Business School of the University of São Paulo (FEA/ USP). He practises in civil law, mainly family and succession

Roberta Toledo of Tortoro, Madureira & Ragazzi Advogados holds a doctorate in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP) and a master’s degree in comparative

law, at Tortoro, Madureira & Ragazzi Advogados and has national and international experience of complex cases. Cassio assists clients in issues related to property, family and business estate planning. He has held leadership positions in national and international associations, including currently acting as governor at large of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and first vice-director of international relations at the Brazilian Institute of Family Law (IBDFAM), as well as being past president of the International Association of Family Law Jurists (AIJUDEFA).

civil law from the same institution. She also has both a degree in law and a degree in business administration from the Centro Universitário de Bauru – Instituição Toledo de Ensino (ITE). Roberta is a former dean of ITE, where she also acted as academic co-ordinator of the master’s and doctorate programmes in Constitutional Systems for Guaranteeing Rights. She is currently a member of the board of the São Paulo Lawyers Institute (IASP), consolidating her influence in the legal and academic world.

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