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Portuguese Supreme Court rules equal fault for both spouses in separation initiated by wife but hindered by husband.

Case Number 064427
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Supreme Court of Justice denied the request for a specific legal standard for grading fault in a separation case. The wife initiated the separation facts, while the husband adopted an attitude that hindered reconciliation and allowed the separation to be requested. The court decided that without a defined legal criterion, fault grading must follow common sense, resulting in equal blame for both parties.

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SEPARAÇÃO DE PESSOAS E BENS CONJUGE CULPADO CONCORRENCIA DE CULPAS

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separation of persons joint fault grading of faults common sense rules civil code article 1783 reconciliation hindrance equal blame spouses

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Art. 1783 do Codigo Civil

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00006202

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ197304100644272

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] BMJ N226 ANO1973 PAG237

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/71A13EF7FDCD6C8D802568FC00399FCC?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Por falta de criterio legalmente definido, deve a graduação das culpas, a efectuar em obediencia ao artigo 1783 do Codigo Civil, fazer-se segundo as regras do senso comum.

II - Se foi a mulher quem iniciou os factos que deram origem a separação e, por sua vez, o marido assumiu uma atitude que dificultou a reconciliação e permitiu requerer a separação, devem considerar-se culpados ambos os conjuges em medida igual.