According to Art. 105, I, i, of the Brazilian Constitution, foreign legal titles need to be acknowledged by the Highest Brazilian Court in Brasilia (“Superior Tribunal Federal – STJ”) to be enforced in Brazilian territory.
This applies to foreign sentences and court orders as well as to other titles, like, for example, court settlements and rogatorys.
The acknowledgement procedure is realized entirely via e-mail in a virtual process which usually takes about 3 months. One should note that the acknowledgement procedure for divorce sentences will most likely be extended, if one of the ex-spouses refuses cooperation and doesn’t join in the application for acknowledgement or even rejects acknowledgment alltogether.