Questão jurídica principal
Whether a person under curatorship can acquire a new domicile in an institution under Art. 26 CC.
Decisão extraída
Art. 26 CC only creates a rebuttable presumption; domicile may be acquired in an institution if the person freely chose the stay and objectively intended to settle there. Here, no new domicile was established.
Fundamentação extraída
The stay still served the original purpose of placement and ongoing care needs; the man remained unable to lead an independent life or make important decisions, so his presence in the home did not reflect a deliberate change of centre of life.