Guides
Signing a Prenuptial Agreement in Portugal
How a Portuguese prenuptial agreement works: the property regimes, the cost, the inheritance waiver, and why you must sign it before the wedding.
Family
Demographics
Marriages in Portugal Rose Nine Percent in July While Births Slipped Three, and August Brought 906 Fewer Deaths Than Last Year
The statistics institute's monthly registry count puts July at 4,691 marriages and 7,566 live births, and August at 9,021 deaths. Across seven months the gap between births and deaths is narrowing, and it is the death count doing most of the work.
Family
The Free Creche Programme Says 97 Percent of Applications Have a Place, and the Money That Built It Has Run Out
More than 19,000 free places since April 2024 and capacity above 141,000 children. The State now pays 551.50 euros a month for each free place, and the recovery-plan funding behind the expansion is spent.
Guides
Taking a Child Out of Portugal
When a child resident in Portugal needs a parental travel authorisation, when one parent is enough, what the letter must say, and who can certify it.
News
Twelve to Fifteen Year Olds Lose Their Phones at School on 1 January, and About Half of Third-Cycle Schools Had Already Decided That Themselves
President Seguro signed the diploma on Friday extending the school smartphone ban to years seven, eight and nine. It does not start in September: schools get the whole first term to adapt, and the obligation lands on 1 January 2027.
News
Nationality Is Not One of the Nine Priorities in Portugal's School Enrolment Rulebook, and Chega Has Tabled a Bill to Add It
Two bills filed on Thursday would give children of Portuguese or EU nationality precedence for school places, and children of Portuguese-origin households whose parents pay social security precedence for creche places, whenever applicants outnumber vacancies.
Guides
Child Support in Portugal
How child maintenance is set in Portugal, how long it lasts, what to do when a parent stops paying, and when the State guarantee fund pays instead.