O feminicídio e a guarda do filho menor

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to stimulate the discussion about the modification of children’s custody whose mothers were victims of femicide by their partners, who are parents of these children, based on the minor’s integral protection principle and the child’s best interest principle. Firstly, it is necessary to explain the femicide’s logic, considering the theory of masculine domination elaborated by Pierre Bourdieu, that discusses how gender stereotypes are responsible for placing women in a position of submission, leading them to be victims of violence in the moment they refuse to be placed in this situation. After that, we must stablish how the Brazilian law regulates children’s custody and how the children’s integral protection principle and the children’s best interest principle guides not only the child’s custody, but the whole Brazilian legal system. Finally, intending to support the removal of father’s custody, we will bring court’s leading cases, demonstrating how the judiciary solved similar cases, and the recent legislative changes on the subject.