A responsabilidade civil dos progenitores por inadimplemento do dever de afecto: abandono afectivo

Abstract

This TFC discusses the Civil Liability of parents for non-compliance with the Duty of Affection: Emotional Abandonment. Unlike all branches of Law, Family Law suffers the most changeability as it is dependent on social evolution. In fact, in recent years there has been a profound judicial demand, in foreign countries, for the civil liability of parents for emotional abandonment or for moral damage arising from the defective fulfillment of the duty of affection, within the scope of parental responsibilities. In our research we seek to understand the feasibility of parents’ civil liability for failure to fulfill their duty of affection: Affective Abandonment. To this end, we set out to discuss the topic in three chapters, namely: the first chapter relating to the institute of Civil Liability in Civil Law; in the second chapter we address the Duty of Affection and Affective Abandonment; in the third and final chapter we discuss the Civil Liability of Parents for Failure to Comply with the Duty of Affection: Affective Abandonment, constituting the core of our research