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Portuguese Supreme Court denies review of biological paternity fact-finding, reserving it for lower courts.

Case Number 088112
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Justice denied the review of an official paternity investigation initiated by the Public Prosecutor. The case involved a dispute over biological filiation where the lower court had already established the facts. The court ruled that determining biological parentage is a matter of fact exclusively within the competence of the instance courts and cannot be revisited by the Supreme Court.

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AVERIGUAÇÃO OFICIOSA DE PATERNIDADE INVESTIGAÇÃO DE PATERNIDADE PROCEDÊNCIA FILIAÇÃO BIOLÓGICA MATÉRIA DE FACTO COMPETÊNCIA DOS TRIBUNAIS DE INSTÂNCIA PODERES DO SUPREMO TRIBUNAL DE JUSTIÇA

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official paternity investigation biological filiation factual competence Supreme Court review Portuguese civil procedure

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Articles 221 and 222 of the Code of Civil Procedure

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00027941

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199601230881121

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 981/94

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL COIMBRA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/53B5F6915D0D139C802568FC003AFDEC?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Nas acções oficiosas de averiguação de paternidade (propostas pelo Ministério Público), a procedência depende apenas da prova da filiação biológica.

II - A averiguação da filiação biológica constitui matéria de facto da exclusiva competência das instâncias, insindicável pelo Supremo Tribunal de Justiça.