Questão jurídica principal
Whether substitute measures for estate seals could be ordered over assets held through the trust/offshore structure.
Decisão extraída
No; such measures are unavailable for assets not in the decedent’s possession and not yet established as estate assets vis-à-vis the third-party holders.
Fundamentação extraída
Estate security measures under Arts. 551 ss CC serve only to preserve and transfer estate property. The earlier civil judgment binds only its parties and does not oppose the trust entities or the Swiss intermediary. Since the structure’s assets were not shown to be estate property at this stage, no substitute for seals could be ordered.