Everyone is recognized by the constitution as having the right to a name and personal identity, which are included in personality rights...

The total cost of a divorce process varies depending on whether it is a divorce by mutual consent – which can be decreed at the Civil...

Portuguese courts have been deciding on the legitimacy of grandparents to request the regulation of parental responsibilities regarding...

The family is characterized as a social construct traditionally composed of a father, mother, and children, but this institution has...

A person living in a de facto union cannot be an heir to their partner's estate. Therefore, the only way the de facto partner can inherit...

The law grants de facto unions some legal effects similar to those of marriage, although it does not equate the two. Thus, those in a de...

The law establishes that the default marital regime is the community of acquisitions. The community of acquisitions regime essentially...