by Botinha | Mar 19, 2009 | Hague Convention & International Family Law
(Mar. 19, 2009) On March 14, 2009, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met for the first time with the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Lula is the third Head of State to meet with Obama, and during their meeting Obama is reported to have...
by Botinha | Nov 10, 2008 | Hague Convention & International Family Law
(Nov. 10, 2008) On November 5, 2008, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Law No. 11,804, making it mandatory that the allegedfather of a child pay child support during the mother’s pregnancy. In the past, the father was only compelled to pay...
by Botinha | Sep 3, 2008 | General
(Sept. 3, 2008) On August 7, 2008, the acting Brazilian President, José Alencar, signed into law a bill that makes law offices inviolable to searches and seizures. Alencar vetoed some provisions of the law, following the contitutioanl powers granted to the President...
by Botinha | Jul 2, 2008 | Hague Convention & International Family Law
(July 2, 2008) On June 13, 2008, a proposed law amending the Brazilian Civil Code was sanctioned by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, allowing parents to share the custody of their children in cases of separation or divorce. Under the previous legal regime, only...
by Botinha | Jun 2, 2008 | Immigration to Brazil
(June 2, 2008) On May 7, 2008, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a law that increases the punishment for the crime of money laundering from ten years to eighteen years of imprisonment and allows the police to have access to the data kept by...
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