O companheiro na perspectiva de herdeiro necessáriocinco anos de reações jurídicas, institucionais e políticas ao alcance sucessório dos recursos extraordinários 646.721/RS e 878.694/MG

Resumo

Stable unions consist in a sort of family model that contains informal and factual aspects and specific traits. These circumstances sometimes generate certain legal discussions whether to approach or distinguish between stable unions and marriages, including under succession law. In 2017, Brazilian Supreme Court faced a legal challenge, resulting in a judgment that equalized spouses and companions under the same hereditary order of vocation. However, the decision was not sufficient to clarify if individuals who live in stable unions would also be allocated in the necessary heir category. By acknowledging that the controversy is not well settled yet, this paper aimed to raise, to gather and to analyze the legal, institutional and political reactions about that same problem. As it follows, this paper finally attempted to identify the tendencies and currents of thought about the admission or not of the hereditary reserve to the surviving partner. As a conclusion, it was verified the prevalence of the thesis that the Brazilian Supreme Court deliberation allowed the companions to be legally treated as necessary heirs. Nevertheless, normative changes or a direct confrontation by the higher courts reveal themselves as the only effective tools that could end up that five-year-long legal uncertainty.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Outro

Ano

2023

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/33397

Palavras-chave

Succession lawStable unionCivil unionCompanionPartnerNecessary heirHereditary reserveRight to the legitimeSuccession extentEqualization between marriages and stable unionsExtraordinary appeal 646,721Extraordinary appeal 878,694Direito das sucessõesUnião estávelCompanheiroConviventeHerdeiro necessárioReserva hereditáriaDireito à legítimaAlcance sucessórioEquiparação entre casamento e união estávelRE 646.721/RS; RE 878.694/MGDireitoHerança e sucessãoCompanheiros (Direito de família)