Same-sex marriage in Portugal

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Marriage

Recognized

Civil unions or registered partnerships but not marriage
Minimal recognition
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Notes
  1. ^ a b Performed in the Netherlands proper (including the Caribbean Netherlands), as well as in Aruba and Curaçao. May be registered in Sint Maarten in such cases, but the rights of marriage are not guaranteed.
  2. ^ Neither performed nor recognized in Niue, Tokelau, or the Cook Islands.
  3. ^ Neither performed nor recognized in six British Overseas Territories.
  4. ^ a b Neither performed nor recognized in some tribal nations. Recognized but not performed in several other tribal nations and American Samoa.
  5. ^ Registered foreign marriages confer all marriage rights. Domestic common-law marriages confer most rights of marriage. Domestic civil marriage recognized by some cities.
  6. ^ a b c d e The Coman v. Romania ruling of the European Court of Justice obliges the state to provide residency rights for the foreign spouses of EU citizens. Some member states, including Romania, do not follow the ruling.
  7. ^ A "declaration of family relationship" is available in several of Cambodia's communes which may be useful in matters such as housing, but is not legally binding.
  8. ^ Guardianship agreements, conferring some limited legal benefits, including decisions about medical and personal care.
  9. ^ Inheritance, guardianship rights, and residency rights for foreign spouses of legal residents.
  10. ^ Courts have recognised guru–shishya, nata pratha or maitri karar–type contractual relationships, but they are not legally binding.
  11. ^ Some cities and prefectures issue partnership certificates, but they are not legally binding.
  12. ^ Marriages conducted abroad between a Namibian national and a foreign spouse recognized for residency rights.
  13. ^ Hospital visitation rights through a "legal representative" status.
  1. ^ a b Not yet in effect.
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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Portugal since 5 June 2010.[1][2] The XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal under Prime Minister José Sócrates introduced a bill for legalization in December 2009. It was passed by the Assembly of the Republic in February 2010, and was declared legally valid by the Portuguese Constitutional Court in April 2010. On 17 May 2010, President Aníbal Cavaco Silva ratified the law, making Portugal the sixth country in Europe and the eighth in the world to allow same-sex marriage nationwide.[3][4] The law was published in the Diário da República on 31 May and became effective on 5 June 2010.[1] Polling suggests that a significant majority of Portuguese people support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.[5]

Portugal has also recognized same-sex de facto unions, providing several of the rights and benefits of marriage, since 2001.

  1. ^ a b "Lei n.º 9/2010 de 31 de Maio Permite o casamento civil entre pessoas do mesmo sexo" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  2. ^ Moreira, José Augusto. "Segunda-feira já vai ser possível celebrar casamentos entre pessoas do mesmo sexo". PÚBLICO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  3. ^ Hatton, Barry (May 17, 2010). "Portugal's president ratifies gay marriage law". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Portugal backs same-sex marriage". May 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Euro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).