Court Fight Over Uncle’s R$5 Million Estate Pits Suzane von Richthofen Against Cousin

Overview

• Police classify Miguel Abdalla Netto’s death as suspicious and await forensic reports, as an IML source points to a likely fulminant heart attack with no signs of violence.
• Suzane filed a legal action seeking custody of the body to position herself as the estate’s administrator, moving the dispute into formal judicial proceedings.
• Silvia Magnani, the deceased doctor’s first-degree cousin and long-term partner, secured the body’s release and arranged the burial in Pirassununga.
• With no children, parents, or siblings alive, Brazilian succession law places nephews ahead of cousins, so absent a will the estate would, in theory, go to Suzane and her brother Andreas, who has not been located.
• Control of the residence is in question, as a neighbor holding the key says access will only be granted upon presentation of a court order.