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Spouse of merchant must prove debt not from commerce or common benefit to avoid joint liability.

Case Number 9920876
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The court annulled a decision excluding the wife's joint liability for a commercial debt incurred by her husband. The husband argued the debt was personal, while the wife claimed it benefited the couple under a community property regime. The court ruled that in such marriages, the spouse must actively demonstrate the debt was neither from the husband's commercial exercise nor for common benefit.

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DÍVIDA COMERCIAL DÍVIDA DE CÔNJUGES EXCLUSÃO DE RESPONSABILIDADE

Keywords

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commercial debt liability spousal joint responsibility community property regime exclusion of liability commercial activity scope

Cited Legislation

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CCIV66 Art. 1691, N.º 1
CCOM888 Art. 15

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 03/16/1999

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00027075

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199910199920876

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 136/97

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T CIRC PAREDES 2J

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/599E5DA2ECE93DF08025686B00673795?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Provado que uma dívida resultou de acto de comércio praticado por comerciante, o cônjuge deste, casado em regime diverso da separação de bens, terá de demonstrar, em ordem à exclusão da sua responsabilidade solidária perante o credor, que a dívida não derivou do exercício do comércio do cônjuge devedor ou que não foi contraída em proveito comum do casal.