EXTRAORDINARY APPEAL 878.694 / MG: THE JUDICIAL PRECEDENT IN THE LEGITIMATE SUCCESSION OF THE COMPANION

Abstract

The presente article consists on a study developed with the objective of analyzing the succession of the partner and verifying if that Extraordinary Appeal 878.694 / MG fully equated the regime of succession of marriage and stable union. The Supreme Federal Court in the judgment of the referred appeal determined, not unanimously, the unconstitutionality of article 1790 of the Civil Code that regulates the right of succession of the partner and established the application of article 1829 of the Civil Code in its place, that originally only regulated marriage. This work defined the succession of the partner in the legitimate succession by law and in the Extraordinary Appeal, analyzing legitimate, testamentary succession, litigious and friendly sharing, the similarities and differences of articles 1790 and 1829 of the Civil Code. It will be demonstrated that the Supreme Court's decision did not pacify all issues related to the partner's right of succession.