Pelé’s widow gives up being an executor; Edinho takes over – 03/09/2023 – Mônica Bergamo

Pelé’s widow, Márcia Aoki, gave up being the administrator of the estate left by Pelé.

The law determines that the surviving spouse has the right to exercise the function. She, however, declined, and the executor will be goalkeeper Edinho, one of the six sons of the king.

As soon as the inventory was opened, Edinho officially asked to take over the mission, claiming that he was in possession and in the administration of the “assets in the inventory”.

Judge Suzana Pereira da Silva, of the 2nd Family and Probate Court of Santos, however, denied the claim.

She claimed that the widow would be first in the order of legal appointment, and determined that Marcia be heard about her interest in taking on the mission.

The widow decided to give up her right in the name of family conciliation, according to lawyer Luiz Kignel, from PLKC Advogados, who represents her in the process.

“Márcia thinks that the greatest good to be preserved is the good coexistence of the family, and the memory of Pelé. That is above all for her”, says Kignel.

Edinho’s brothers did not oppose his request to be the executor, and the Justice must then enshrine his name in the function.

The former star died in December, aged 82, from cancer.

Márcia and the star got married in July 2016. The former player was already 75 years old.

As the law obliges all people over 70 to marry under the mandatory separation of property regime, Márcia would not be entitled to the inheritance after her husband’s death.

Pelé, however, left a will, signed in 2020, allocating 30% of all his assets to her — and precisely specified his house in Guarujá as an asset that should stay with Márcia.

The star’s assets must be divided between six children and the two grandchildren of his daughter Sandra, who died of cancer in 2006.

In this way, the widow will be the main heir. Each of the others should keep about 10% of the total assets.

Pelé also admitted in his will that he may have another daughter, the result of a relationship with Maria do Socorro Azevedo, who was filing a lawsuit in court for him to recognize paternity.

Pelé’s heirs have already been advised to undergo a DNA test to, if positive, speed up the recognition and progress of the inventory.

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