Pelé’s widow hires a lawyer to act in inventory – 03/02/2023 – Mônica Bergamo

Pelé’s widow, Márcia Aoki, hired PLKC Advogados to represent her in the king’s inventory.

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, knowing that Márcia would not be his heir, insisted on protecting her. The will he left was a declaration of love for her”, says lawyer Luiz Kignel, from PLKC Advogados.

He also states that “there is no divergence between the heirs”, and that both the widow and children and grandchildren “seek a friendly composition to preserve Pelé’s memory”.

The king left an inheritance that was once estimated at US$15 million, but Kignel says that an accurate survey of his assets has not yet been carried out.

In addition to the Guarujá house, he had investments in other commercial properties and part of the rights to the “Pelé” brand.

Sons of the football king ask the Justice that the process in which they discuss the sharing of their father’s assets, in the 2nd Family and Succession Court of the Foro de Santos, be placed under secrecy. They allege that they are not public figures and that their privacy cannot be violated by the publication of reports.

A first request in this sense, however, has already been denied by judge Suzana Pereira da Silva. She claimed that the inventory is also of interest to other possible heirs and creditors.

Former goalkeeper Edinho, son of Pelé, asked to be the executor, but his request was also rejected.
The court gave a period of 15 days for the widow to comment on the possibility of her being the executor. Márcia has not yet decided whether she will take on the task.

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