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Portuguese Supreme Court confirms foreign divorce judgment despite procedural non-compliance due to differing civil law systems.

Case Number 074178
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Court of Justice granted a review of a foreign divorce judgment, confirming its validity despite the plaintiff's failure to object to facts. The court noted that the defendant was cited with a warning to contest facts but remained silent, leading to a default judgment in the foreign proceeding. The court ruled that this procedural defect does not invalidate the foreign sentence because the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code's requirements for objections do not apply to foreign judgments involving different legal systems.

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REVISÃO DE SENTENÇA ESTRANGEIRA DIVORCIO LITIGIOSO

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foreign divorce judgment procedural non-compliance Civil Procedure Code conflict of laws default judgment litigious divorce supreme court review

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Article 1096, paragraph g) of the Civil Procedure Code

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00009826

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ198706040741782

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/802AF356D11FCA53802568FC0039D7D3?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - A alinea g) do artigo 1096 do Codigo de Processo Civil refere-se ao direito civil ou comercial, e não ao direito processual, como resulta do seu conjunto com as restantes alineas b), c), d), e e), onde estão feitas exigencias de ordem processual.

II - Assim, o facto de a re, em acção de divorcio, não deduzir oposição, embora citada com a cominação de se considerarem provados os factos alegados, e ser condenada no pedido, ao contrario do estabelecido no direito processual portugues, não obsta a confirmação da sentença estrangeira, por se tratar de direito processual diferente nos varios paises.