Key legal question
Whether the estate office lawfully closed the inheritance file after the failed heir negotiations.
Extracted holding
Yes. Under the applicable inheritance procedure, the official’s duty is limited to assisting and mediating; if no agreement is reached, the file may be closed and the heirs referred to court.
Extracted reasoning
The heirs could not agree despite a second scheduled meeting and legal representation. The court held that the notary was not obliged to keep pursuing settlement attempts once it was clear that further mediation was unlikely to succeed.