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Divorce by fault requires grave, objective, subjective, or repeated culpable conduct undermining shared life.

Case Number 97B323
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The court dismissed the request for divorce by fault, ruling that mere minor culpable acts are insufficient to dissolve the marriage. The plaintiff argued that the defendant's failures constituted grounds for separation, but the court emphasized that such conduct must be grave, objectively or subjectively serious, or repeatedly repeated to the point of destroying the possibility of cohabitation. Consequently, the court held that the plaintiff failed to prove the requisite level of culpability necessary to justify the termination of the marital bond.

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DIVÓRCIO LITIGIOSO FACTO CONSTITUTIVO CULPA ÓNUS DA PROVA

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Divorce by Fault Culpable Conduct Marital Duties Burden of Proof Shared Life Objective Gravity Subjective Gravity

Cited Legislation

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Art. 1590, n.º 1, c. 2 do Código Civil

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00033512 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199711130003232 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 909/96 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL LISBOA [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/858621426BC9AEE0802568FC003B6624?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO I - Apenas factos culposos podem servir de fundamento ao divórcio litigioso.

II - A falta culposa de um dos cônjuges aos deveres conjugais, para conduzir à extinção da relação matrimonial, tem de ser grave, objectiva ou subjectivamente, ou reiterada de modo a tornar-se grave por virtude da repetição continuada, comprometendo a possibilidade da vida em comum.

III - O ónus da prova da culpa incumbe ao cônjuge que invoca o facto constitutivo do seu direito ao divórcio.