# Article 87 of the Constitution of Brazil

- Jurisdiction: Brazil (BR)
- Article: 87
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter II: – Social
- Source document: Brazil Constitution
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## Verbatim text

````
i
ii
– their payment being outstanding, in whole or in part, on the
date of publication of this
c
onstitutional a
mendment.
p
aragraph 1.
t
he debts referred to in the head paragraph of this
article, or their respective balances, shall be paid in chronological order of presentation of the respective court orders, with precedence over debts of a higher amount.
pa
ragraph 2.
if
the debts referred to in the head paragraph of this
article have not been subject to partial payment yet, under the terms of article 78 of this Temporary Constitutional Provisions
a
ct, they may be paid in two annual installments, as the law
provides.
pa
ragraph 3.
th
e payment of the alimony debts referred to
in this article, with due respect for the chronological order of their presentation, shall take precedence over the payment of all other debts.
miolo_constitution_versao_camara.indd   303 17/6/2010   15:01:14
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil 304
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 87 of the Constitution of Brazil.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter II: – Social”.
- The passage runs to about 158 words.
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“of this Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act;”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
- **Caveat:** The index gives this passage an article number but stores a body fragment where a heading would be, so the number could not be cross-checked against the text. Check it against the official Constitution before relying on it in a citation.
- **Caveat:** No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

Constitution of Brazil, article 87, Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelaw.com/provision/b2edd5b8-994e-4c06-95bc-7a1f10ae6970 (accessed 27 September 2026).

## Related

- [Constitution of Brazil](https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/561c3433-2160-4ca0-8e5a-8f5e9dbd522c)
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Portable Lawyer · Article 87 of the Constitution of Brazil (chapter: “Chapter II: – Social”). i ii – their payment being outstanding, in whole or in part, on the date of publication of this c onstitutional a mendment. p aragraph 1. t he debts referred to in the head…