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Portuguese court rules illegitimate grandchild's share equals legitimate children's shares via representation right under Civil Code.

Case Number 064968
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Court of Justice unanimously rejected the request to review the inheritance distribution, confirming the grandchild's share. The court held that when two legitimate children and an illegitimate grandchild (representing an illegitimate son) compete in succession, the grandchild's portion equals that of each legitimate child. This decision applied the Civil Code of 1966 to establish equal representation rights regardless of the grandchild's own legitimacy status.

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SUCESSÃO LEGITIMA SUCESSÃO DE DESCENDENTE DIREITO DE REPRESENTAÇÃO QUINHÃO

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succession law right of representation illegitimate grandchild legitimate children equal inheritance shares Portuguese Civil Code judicial review rejection

Cited Legislation

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Codigo Civil de 1966, artigo 2044, n. 1
Codigo Civil de 1966, artigo 2140, n. 2

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00005243

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ197411220649682

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] BMJ N241 ANO1974 PAG303

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/3BA853DFE1FD5892802568FC0039918D?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Concorrendo a sucessão dois filhos legitimos e, por direito de representação, um neto ilegitimo (filho ilegitimo de outro filho legitimo), o quinhão do neto e igual ao quinhão de cada um dos filhos (Codigo Civil de 1966, artigos 2044, n. 1, e 2140, n. 2).