State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 122 – Children who may be legitimated by acknowledgement - All the illegitimate children may be legitimated, except: 1) The adulterine children; 2) The incestuous children. § 1 - Adulterine children are those born to any person, married at the time of conception, from another who is not his/her spouse. § 2 - Incestuous children for the aforesaid purpose mean: 1) The children of relatives by consanguinity or affinity in any degree in direct line; 2) The children of relatives by consanguinity upto the second degree inclusive in the collateral line.