Class Family and Minors Law

The study of Family Law is essential for understanding conflicting family dynamics and the role/function and fundamental importance of the Family in society, both as a structuring pillar of society and as a vehicle that promotes the personal fulfillment of members of family society. It is relevant to understand family law as a branch of public-private law, and in a civil-constitutional perspective that correlates with other areas of law, namely criminal and labor law.

Notion and object of Family and Children's Law
Public-private dichotomy of the branch of law
Sources of Family Law and Family Legal Relations
Fundamental and Constitutional Rights of Family Law
Characteristics of Family Law
Marriage Regime (greater focus on personal issues given the nature of the course)
Regime of the de facto Union
Regime for dissolution of marriage (death; de facto separation; legal separation of persons and property;
separation of property and divorce)
Regime and effects of Divorce (modalities)
Establishment of maternity and paternity
Effects of affiliation
Parental responsibilities and regulation (family life and food)
Non-compliance and change of parental responsibilities
Child protection process
Adoption and Tutelar Law

Expository method and practical questions.
Continuous assessment with at least two theoretical-practical theses.
70% attendance and intervention in class. 30% evaluation of tests or assignments

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  PEREIRA, Margarid da Silva, Direito da Família, AAFDL Editora, 4.ª edição, Lisboa, 2022
  OLIVEIRA, Guilherme de, Manual de Direito da família, Almedina, 2022.
  RAMIÃO, Tomé de Almeida, Lei de Crianças e Jovens em perigo Anotada, Quid Iuris, Coimbra, 2017
  RAMIÃO, Tomé de Almeida, Regime Geral do Processo Tutelar Cível Anotado, Quid Iuris, Coimbra,
  2015.
  CRUZ, Rossana Martingo, União de Facto versus Casamento, GestLegal, Coimbra, 2019
  PITÃO, José António de França, Responsabilidades Parentais e Alimentos, QuidIuris, 2018