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06.11.2025

Ensuring the Testator’s Last Will and Preventing Family Disputes

The appointment of a testamentary executor can be a strategic tool to ensure compliance with the testator’s last will, prevent conflicts, and manage the estate effectively until its distribution.
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN
14.10.2025

Common Construction on Separate Property — Quid Iuris?

Building together on one spouse’s land raises legal questions of ownership — as explained by Bárbara Figueiredo
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN Família e sucessões
23.06.2025

Forced Heirship: Family Protection vs. Freedom of Will

Forced heirship ensures a share of the estate for statutory heirs, but limits testamentary freedom. How can family protection and freedom of will be balanced? This piece by Bárbara Figueiredo offers an answer.
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN
23.05.2025

Domestic Violence and Succession Indignity

Should a convicted domestic abuser be allowed to inherit from their victim? This article by Bárbara Figueiredo explores the exclusion of domestic violence from succession indignity cases
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN Família e sucessões
28.04.2025

On the Duty to Provide Maintenance

The obligation to provide maintenance can reverse over a lifetime and create difficult family dilemmas. In which cases can this duty be refused? Bárbara Figueiredo explains in a piece originally published in Diário de Coimbra
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN Família e sucessões
27.03.2025

Executor of the Estate: Powers and Duties

Who takes over the management of assets upon someone’s death or a couple’s divorce? Bárbara Figueiredo explains in a piece originally published in Diário de Coimbra
Family and Succession Bárbara Figueiredo EN

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