Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
A father lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment awarding parental authority over his children to their maternal grandparents, invoking the best interests of the child, the children's right to be heard and the principle of equality. The Court dismissed the appeal because the exceptional award to relatives was justified by the risk to the children, the father having systematically breached court decisions and the mother lacking the necessary conditions.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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