contestation deadline 15 business days court recess
Missing the contestation deadline (CPC art. 335) results in default: the facts alleged by the plaintiff are then presumed true. Counting in business days under art. 219 looks simple, but two details change the outcome, the court recess from 12/20 to 1/20 vanishes from the middle of the term, and the count does not start when the notice becomes available, but on the business day after publication (CNJ Resolution 455/2022).
With no holiday in between, 15 business days almost always match 3 calendar weeks.
The 12/20 to 1/20 recess adds more than a month in calendar days to the term, without changing the business-day count.
The double deadline only applies to public entities and the Public Prosecutor's Office; in electronic case files, there is no doubling between co-defendants with different attorneys (art. 229 §2).
Yes. CPC/2015 art. 219 established business-day counting for civil procedural deadlines, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.
No. The day of the act is excluded (CPC art. 224); the count starts on the first business day after the publication date, which is itself the first business day after the notice becomes available in the National Electronic Court Gazette (CNJ Resolution 455/2022). That is up to two business days of gap between availability and the real start of the count.
It suspends the entire term for the period from December 20 to January 20 (CPC art. 220), not just December 25 and January 1. A term that starts running in November and has not finished when the recess begins stays frozen until January 21, when it resumes counting from where it stopped.
As a rule yes, with the facts alleged by the plaintiff presumed true, but default does not bar the defendant from taking part in the case from then on, nor does it automatically grant the claim if the facts, even presumed, do not support it (CPC art. 345). Consult an attorney as soon as you notice the delay.
Always confirm local holidays and specific court suspensions before relying on this tool for critical deadlines.
CPC art. 219 (dias úteis) + art. 220 (recesso 20/12-20/01) + art. 224 (início no dia seguinte).