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Court rejects burden of proof reversal for economic aid applicants who obstruct evidence investigation.

Case Number 0111494
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto dismissed the request to reverse the burden of proof regarding economic insufficiency for judicial aid. The applicant, who benefited from the aid, failed to provide evidence of financial need while simultaneously obstructing the investigation into their economic status. The court ruled that legal presumptions cannot shift the burden of proof when the beneficiary places themselves in a position that makes the required investigation impossible.

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APOIO JUDICIÁRIO INSUFICIÊNCIA DE MEIOS ECONÓMICOS PRESUNÇÃO INVERSÃO DO ÓNUS DA PROVA REQUISITOS

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judicial aid insufficiency burden of proof reversal legal presumption invalidity evidence investigation obstruction procedural impossibility

Cited Legislation

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DL 387-B/87 de 1987/12/29, Art. 20, n.º 1, c, n.º 2

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 07/05/2001

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00033369

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP200112120111494

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 27-A/01-3S

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 1 J CR PORTO

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/C49CCC245BA869DC80256B64003F474A?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Não pode falar-se em inversão do ónus da prova decorrente de uma presunção legal (in casu, de insuficiência económica para efeitos de apoio judiciário), quando a parte que dela beneficia se coloca em posição processual de impossibilitar a investigação correspondente à matéria em causa, que a lei objectivamente determina.