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Portuguese Supreme Court rules partial inheritance acceptance is void and sets reduction action statute of limitations from asset acceptance.

Case Number 071624
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, upholding the lower court's decision that partial acceptance of an inheritance is legally null. The court established that the statute of limitations for reducing inofficious liberalities begins counting from the acceptance of Portuguese assets. Consequently, the plaintiff's claim was rejected because the partial acceptance was deemed invalid under the Civil Code.

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CADUCIDADE PRAZO DE CADUCIDADE

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partial inheritance acceptance nullity of acceptance statute of limitations reduction of liberalities inofficious liberalities Portuguese Civil Code statutory period calculation

Cited Legislation

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Articles 236 and 238 of the Civil Code

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00008205

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ19840222071624X

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[REFERENCIA DE PUBLICACAO] BMJ N334 ANO1984 PAG492

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/7ACEB03863CEAF76802568FC0039C25C?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - O Supremo Tribunal de Justiça tem de acatar a interpretação das declarações negociais feitas pelas instancias salvo quando se verifique ter havido incorrecto uso dos criterios interpretativos dos artigos 236 e 238 do Codigo Civil.

II - O prazo de caducidade da acção de redução de liberalidades inoficiosas conta-se a partir da aceitação dos bens da herança sitos em Portugal.

III - A aceitação parcial da herança e nula.