Pratice Areas Litigation
Family and Child Law
We assist families at decisive moments, building solid solutions in family law, joint custody, parental responsibilities, child protection, and curatorship.
Family law issues, such as divorce, separation, joint custody, parental responsibilities, child protection, or curatorship, typically arise at times of intense personal impact and require decisions with long-lasting effects on the lives of the children and adults involved.
It is not merely a matter of applying specific family law legal rules; it also requires understanding family dynamics, managing conflict, and finding solutions that work on a day-to-day basis.
Our intervention focuses on creating stable legal frameworks in family law that protect minors and vulnerable adults and ensure predictability in the organization of family and property life. We work with clients to define agreements and, when necessary, to prepare legal proceedings that address the best interests of the children, the protection of family assets, and the need to preserve, as much as possible, the relationship between family members.
In matters of guardianship and curatorship, we assist in assessing situations where it is necessary to designate a guardian or curator, structuring solutions that safeguard the rights of minors without parental representation and of adults who cannot autonomously manage their civil life, ensuring proper supervision and control.
Services
We provide complete consultancy in family law, assisting in divorces, separations, prenuptial agreements, de facto unions (domestic partnerships), and asset divisions. In each situation, we evaluate the property, succession, and tax implications, helping structure agreements that define responsibilities, income flows, and the use of common or separate assets.
We organize the necessary documentation, identify risk factors, and define negotiation or litigation strategies suited to the family profile and the level of conflict within family law. The objective is to find legally sound solutions that preserve, as much as possible, the stability of the children, the continuity of daily life, and the public image of those involved.
In proceedings regarding joint custody and the exercise of parental responsibilities, our work focuses on building clear and enforceable regimes. We assist in defining the children's residence, contact times with each parent, the division of expenses, and communication mechanisms between parents. When there are signs of risk to the minor, we evaluate the need for interim measures and structure the necessary evidence, always focusing on the best interests of the child. We assist in negotiating agreements, their judicial approval (homologação), and the practical execution of the established regimes, reviewing them when changes in the family reality warrant it.
We assist families with members in different countries in matters of relocation, enforcement of foreign decisions, and situations of wrongful retention of minors, within international family law. We support the definition of cross-border visitation regimes, the organization of travel and periods of stay, as well as the preparation and judicial approval of agreements that must take effect in more than one jurisdiction.
We work in coordination with foreign lawyers and authorities to ensure that family law decisions, namely regarding parental responsibilities, are recognized and enforced with legal certainty.
Our approach
Humanized support
We combine legal technique with careful management of the personal dimension of family conflicts.
Priority on consensus, but prepared for litigation
We favor negotiated and sustainable family law solutions, while preparing the judicial path in a timely manner.
Multidisciplinary vision
We coordinate family law with property, succession, tax issues and, when relevant, applicable international law.
FAQs
We handle divorces, separations, asset divisions, joint custody and parental responsibility agreements, child protection, and curatorship. We work on both the legal side and the human dimension of the conflict, seeking stable solutions for children and vulnerable adults.
Whenever a marital breakdown, a change in the organization of family life, the definition of alimony/child support, or asset divisions are at stake. The practice of family law helps anticipate legal consequences and turn personal decisions into enforceable agreements.
We assist in defining the children's residence, contact times, the division of expenses, and communication rules between parents. We structure clear and enforceable joint custody and parental responsibility agreements, and follow their judicial approval and practical execution.
We evaluate whether the requirements for urgent child protection measures are met, gather appropriate evidence, and coordinate with the competent authorities. The goal is to obtain immediate safety without losing sight of the need for sustainable medium-term solutions.
We handle parental responsibilities in an international context: relocation, enforcement of foreign decisions, wrongful retention of minors, and cross-border visitation regimes. We work alongside foreign colleagues and authorities to ensure that decisions are recognized and complied with in more than one country.
When an adult, due to illness, disability, or another cause, can no longer manage their civil life acts on their own. We analyze whether curatorship or other protection measures are appropriate, define the scope of the curator's powers, and ensure proper mechanisms for supervision and control.
Yes. In situations of absence, incapacity, or severe conflict between parents, we evaluate the need for guardianship or other child protection measures, designing solutions that guarantee stable representation and safeguard the minor's assets.
In family proceedings, we always evaluate the property and succession impact: division of common assets, protection of corporate wealth, the family home, personal guarantees provided, donations, and inheritances. The objective is to prevent urgent decisions about family life from destroying value or creating future conflicts.
Yes. We first work on negotiated solutions, mediation, and robust written agreements; in parallel, we prepare the evidence and strategy in case moving forward with a lawsuit becomes inevitable. Thus, the client does not forfeit consensus but does not arrive in court unprepared.
At the beginning of the breakdown or whenever signs of serious conflict arise regarding children, assets, or moving to another country. The earlier technical support is available, the higher the probability of balanced agreements and the lower the risk of long and destructive proceedings.