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The claim

Vídeo em que homem afirma que leis brasileiras “praticamente obrigam” que padrastos paguem pensão a filhos de uma mulher com quem eles se relacionam.

Original publisher’s rating

Enganoso

Reviewed by Folha de S.Paulo ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says Brazilian law does not require a stepparent to pay child support merely because they had a relationship with the child’s parent. Support may be ordered for a socio-affective parent whose parenthood is recognized, but only by judicial decision.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Folha de S.Paulo original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: Folha de S.Paulo. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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