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Portuguese court denies review of foreign divorce decree based on insufficient three-year separation period under domestic law.

Case Number 076953
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Justice denied the request to review a foreign judgment granting a litigious divorce between Portuguese citizens. The foreign court relied solely on a three-year period of factual separation, whereas Portuguese Civil Code Article 1781 requires a minimum of six consecutive years for such a separation to serve as a valid ground for divorce. Consequently, the Portuguese court refused to confirm the foreign sentence as it violated mandatory domestic procedural requirements.

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REVISÃO DE SENTENÇA ESTRANGEIRA DIVÓRCIO LITIGIOSO

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foreign divorce recognition factual separation period Civil Code Article 1781 litigious divorce grounds public order exception judicial review denial conflict of laws

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Art. 1781 do Código Civil

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00028732

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ198903020769532

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/4ED5907D40DF0A28802568FC003AF287?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Desde que a sentença estrangeira revidenda decretou o divórcio litigioso entre portugueses apenas com fundamento em separação de facto por um período de três anos, tal sentença não pode obter a confirmação do Tribunal português, pois ofende o disposto na alínea a) do artigo 1781 do nosso Código Civil que, relativamente à separação de facto, exige o mínimo de seis anos consecutivos para poder ser fundamento de divórcio litigioso.