State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1876 - Grounds of disinheritance - The following may be disinherited by their parents: 1. The son or daughter, who commits against their persons an offence punishable with imprisonment of more than six months; 2. The son or daughter, who accuses or denounces judicially his parents of an offence, other than against himself or herself or against his or her spouse, ascendants, descendants or brothers or sisters; 3. The son or daughter, who, without good reason, refuses to maintain his or her parents.