PASSING ON
Passing on, with peace of mind.
Planning ahead, protecting the people you love, avoiding disputes: the notary helps you organise your estate during your lifetime, then guides your heirs.
WHAT THE OFFICE DOES
Plan ahead, then guide.
Wills
Set out your wishes in a secure deed that respects your children's reserved share.
Donations
Pass on assets during your lifetime to a child, a spouse or a relative; share fairly with a donation-partition.
Successions
Opening the succession, finding the heirs, listing the assets, declaring and dividing the estate.
Property held in common
Land and houses inherited by several heirs: ending joint ownership, selling or dividing.
Trusts
Organising the management of assets for beneficiaries, together with your advisers.
International estates
Heirs in several countries, Mauritian assets of someone who lived elsewhere: the office coordinates documents and people.
PREVENTING DISPUTES
Because families matter.
In Mauritius, estates are often shared across several generations, and inheritance is where families most often divide.
Because people trust the notary, the notary helps reconcile different views. Better still, the notary encourages planning: donations, wills, early division. An estate that is prepared is an estate at peace.
Your questions, answered.
Does my matrimonial regime change my spouse's rights in my estate?
No. The matrimonial regime governs your property during the marriage, until divorce or death. After a death, the inheritance rules are the same whichever regime you chose.
Does an unmarried partner inherit?
No: without a civil marriage, a partner has no rights in the succession. You can still leave them the disposable portion by will or by donation.
Does a child born outside marriage have the same rights?
Yes, provided the parent has legally recognised the child.
Should I open a joint account with my children?
Be careful, especially later in life: a joint account can have serious consequences when the estate is settled. Talk to the notary first.
What should I do when a relative dies?
Book an appointment at the office with the death certificate and the family's civil status records. The notary opens the succession, identifies the heirs and assets, and guides you through to the division.
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