Abstract

DIAS, Cristina Maria de Souza Brito  and  ALBUQUERQUE, Karlise Maranhão Lucena de. Grandmothers who have judicial custody of grandchildren: what place is this?. Est. Inter. Psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.3, suppl.1, pp. 121-140. ISSN 2236-6407.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5433/2236-6407.2019v10n3suplp121.

The general objective of this research was to investigate, from the perspective of the grandmothers, the place occupied by them in the family and social contexts, from the deferment of the judicial custody of their grandchildren. Five grandmothers, of medium-low socioeconomic status and fully caring for the grandchildren, participated. They answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and an interview. These were analyzed by the thematic content analysis technique. It can be verified that: 1) the request of the guard was a natural consequence, since, for the majority, they already took care of the grandchildren; 2) the motives that led them to assume the grandchildren were separation, incarceration, negligence and death of genitors 3) the gains obtained with judicial custody were the security of being able to attend the needs of grandchildren, without the risk that they would be taken away, and family union; 4) all perceive themselves and are recognized as mothers of the grandchildren.

Keywords : judicial custody; judicial power; guardian grandmothers; grandchildren.

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