Almost seven in ten people aged 18 to 34 would change their plans for children if they had to look after a relative, a Merck survey finds. Here is who qualifies as an informal carer in Portugal and how to apply to Social Security.
The Social Security Institute's CASA 2025 report counts 6,120 children and young people in care, 3.6 percent fewer than in 2024. Foster families took 459 of them, up 27 percent, but 81 percent were in residential homes.
The Aliança Millions Missing wants clinical guidelines, a minimum quota of SNS appointments and adjustments at school. Doctors say Portugal has no referral network and no count of cases.
Since March 2020, Italy has fined drivers who carry an under-four without an alarm that stops the child being forgotten in the car. Portugal has no such rule. Here is what the Highway Code and Penal Code do say, and what to do if you see a child alone in a car.
Who can foster a child in Portugal, how to apply and get approved, the monthly support of €644.56 per child, and what daily life as a foster family involves.
Who can adopt a child in Portugal, the steps from first contact to the court ruling, how long it takes, and the leave and pay adoptive parents get.
Ruling 589/2026 finds that Article 2196 of the Civil Code, applied to gifts, breaches the rights to personal development and privacy. A 1985 gift of land to a man's partner stands, but the rule stays in the Code for now.
