State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 154 –Delivery of assets and income to children - Parents must surrender to their children, once these have become emancipated or have reached the age of majority, if they are not legally incapable due to other reasons, all the assets and income that belong to them, in the manner set out in the preceding articles. § Sole paragraph - The movable assets over which the parent holds the right of usufruct shall be returned in the condition in which it is found; if it no longer exists, the parent will pay its value, except if it was consumed in a use that was common to the said children, or if it perished by fortuitous circumstances.