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Family Law
By Zachariah Zagol, OAB/SP 351.356 · Updated: April 5, 2026
Marriage, divorce, child custody, estate planning, and binational family legal matters in Brazil.
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Articles and analysis on family law topics.
Parental Alienation in Brazil: Identify and Combat
Complete guide to parental alienation in Brazil. Understand Law 12.318/2010, identification signs, legal remedies, sanctions, and psychological evaluation.
Adoption in Brazil: Complete Process Guide 2026
Complete guide to adoption in Brazil. Legal requirements, ECA process, international adoption, step-parent adoption, timelines, and competent courts explained.
Estate and Inheritance in Brazil: Complete Guide
Complete guide to estate proceedings and inheritance in Brazil. Learn about judicial vs extrajudicial probate, ITCMD tax, heirs rights, and wills explained.
Common-Law Marriage in Brazil: Rights and Duties
Complete guide to common-law marriage (união estável) in Brazil. Learn about recognition, property rights, inheritance, conversion to marriage, and dissolution.
Marriage to a Foreigner in Brazil: Complete Guide
Complete guide to marrying a foreigner in Brazil. Documents, CNJ requirements, consular marriage, prenuptial agreements, and property regimes fully explained.
Child Support in Brazil: Calculation and Enforcement
Complete guide to child support in Brazil. Learn about the trinomial calculation, enforcement through civil imprisonment, modification, and pregnancy support.
Joint Custody in Brazil: Complete Guide for 2026
Understand joint custody in Brazil under Law 13.058/2014. Types of custody, visitation schedules, modification, relocation, and best interest of the child.
Divorce in Brazil: Complete Guide for 2026
Complete guide to divorce in Brazil. Learn the differences between consensual and litigious, judicial and extrajudicial, costs, timelines, and asset division.
Child Custody in Brazil for Foreigners: Rights & Legal Guide
International child custody laws in Brazil. Hague Convention, visitation rights, relocation cases & mediation for foreign parents in São Paulo.