Those hoping to inherit Beatriz Sarlo are seeking to reach an agreement.

There will be a third hearing among the aspiring heirs of Beatriz Sarlo in the coming days. This was decided by National Judge Fernando Cesari, in charge of National Civil Court No. 60.

On this occasion, the court hearing will be held between Melanio Alberto Meza López, the manager of the building at 140 Hidalgo Street, the deceased intellectual's last residence; Alberto Sato, Beatriz Sarlo's ex-husband ; Ernestina Susana del Río, a maternal first cousin ; and the last named in the succession, Álvaro Edmundo Sarlo Sabajanes, a paternal first cousin of the author of La intimidad pública . All will be accompanied by their respective lawyers.

Undisputed court sources told Clarín that "the parties are in conciliation negotiations." They did not clarify whether the dispute concerns the intellectual property rights to Sarlo's work, her Caballito apartment, her Talcahuano office, or the kitten Nini, which the deceased left in the care of the doorman, Meza López.

It also transpired that there was, in the Talcahuano office, an inventory ordered by Judge Cesari , as was done in the Hidalgo 140 apartment, at the request of her first cousin, and that orders have been issued to the Banco Nación and other banking institutions to determine if any of them contain funds belonging to the deceased.

All of these are common steps in any probate proceeding, especially when the candidates for heirship are unfamiliar with the deceased's estate.

From the information gathered by Clarín , two themes can be inferred. On the one hand, Judge Cesari is seeking to safeguard the intellectual rights of Sarlo's work , a matter that involves the essayist's close friends and her ex-husband, Sato, whom the former supported from the outset. Hence, three hearings have been convened.

On the other hand, according to what we've been told, the judge hopes there's some kind of agreement between the cousins ​​and the doorman . We don't know what kind, given that in one case there's a blood relationship, and in the other, a dubious document such as a holographic will. Whether dubious or not, it remains Beatriz Sarlo's last will and testament. And the civil courts consider it a priority.

For readers who haven't followed this legal entanglement from the very beginning, let's remind ourselves: the renowned intellectual Beatriz Sarlo died last December. Barely had the January court holiday concluded when her ex-husband, Alberto Sato, from whom the essayist had been separated for 50 years (40 of which she lived with the late filmmaker Rafael Filipelli), quietly initiated the intestate succession (without a will). Only Sarlo's closest group of friends, with whom Sato was in contact, knew about it.

Through social media, it became known that some of Beatriz Sarlo's personal belongings were being sold on the market . The only person with access to the deceased intellectual's apartment was the doorman, Melanio Alberto Meza López, who immediately appeared in court brandishing two documents signed by the deceased , one of which left him "in charge" of her apartment and her cat.

The probate proceeding became a testamentary proceeding, although the only person with the authority to determine whether the papers are valid as a will is Judge Cesari.

Through counterclaims and recusals, Beatriz Sarlo's cousin, Ernestina del Río, from Río Negro, appeared in the case. And, to complete the current picture, her first cousin, Álvaro Edmundo Sarlo Sabajanes, who lives in the Partido de la Costa, emerged.

Beatriz Sarlo's succession, whether testamentary or not, seems far from being resolved in the short term.