STJ authorizes seizure of family assets to pay retirement debts
In a recent ruling (REsp 2.082.860 – RS), the 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) decided that the exception to the unseizability of family property also applies to debts incurred for the renovation of the property itself, demonstrating the adaptability of the law to the circumstances of each case. In the case […]
Thiago Rezende
Attachment of debtors’ business income: consolidation of the STJ’s understanding
The First Section of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), in a recent ruling on Repetitive Appeals (REsp 1.666.542, REsp 1.835.864 and REsp 1.835.865), settled any disagreements regarding the appropriateness, application and extent of the attachment of debtors’ business income. According to Justice Herman Benjamin’s opinion, since the 1973 reform of the Code of Civil […]
