Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal against the inheritance certificate was filed within the applicable deadline.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was governed by the former CPC-VD and had to be filed within ten days; the filing made in November 2011 was years late and therefore inadmissible.
Fundamentação extraída
Because the certificate was issued and communicated in 2006/2007, the old procedural code applied under Art. 405(1) CPC. Under Art. 492 CPC-VD, the non-contentious appeal deadline was ten days. The appellant gave no reason excusing the delay, so the right to appeal had lapsed under Art. 35 CPC-VD.