THE STRUGGLE FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT: ANALYSIS OF THE PROCEDURE FOR ELDERLY IN THE PIAUÍ STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE

Authors

  • Cecilia Maria Resende Gonçalves de Carvalho UFPI
  • José Augusto Paz Ximenes Furtado Faculdade Integral Diferencial - FACID DeVry Brasil
  • Ana Beatriz Gonçalves de Carvalho Faculdade Integral Diferencial - FACID DeVry Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v60i3.42056

Keywords:

Access to justice. Insanity proceeding. Old age.

Abstract

The delay in service for the elderly can bring serious consequences and it has been linked to discriminatory and prejudiced practices. The insanity proceeding is a theme of public interest because it is a mechanism to support and protect the interdict. The objective of this research is to analyze the guarantee of protection of the right to procedural priority in insanity proceedings involving elderly people. This study, based on documents and bibliographic sources, made use of lawsuits of civil interdiction regarding actions filed in 2013 by the Specialized Center for Defense and Care for Elderly and Disabled People of the Piauí State Public Defender’s Office. From the 71 cases examined, only 25% of the insanity proceedings had the expedition of the definitive term of curatorship; 59% have not yet been judged, and, from these, only 34% had the preliminary injunction grant. Many elderly died before a judicial solution. The procedures adopted for the insanity proceeding, in most cases, have taken too long time. The biological and social vulnerability is a condition lived by the elderly researched, besides a set of difficulties imposed by the judiciary. It is expected that the results of this research will help to better understand the problem and bring intervention models, as legal proposals that contribute to meet the needs of the elderly while they are still alive. The information collected about the subject may stimulate other researches in the area aiming at the improvement in life quality of the studied population.

Author Biographies

Cecilia Maria Resende Gonçalves de Carvalho, UFPI

Professora do Departamento de Nutrição e Tutora do Programa de Educação Tutorial da UFPI.

José Augusto Paz Ximenes Furtado, Faculdade Integral Diferencial - FACID DeVry Brasil

Graduado em Direito pela Associação de Ensino Unificado do Distrito Federal – AEUDF (1991). Especialista em Direito Processual pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC (2000). Especialista em Direito Público pelo Centro de Ensino Unificado de Teresina – CEUT (2002). Especialista em Direito Processual pela Universidade Federal do Piauí – UFPI (2002). Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Piauí – UFPI (2008). Doutorando em Direito Civil pela Universidade de Buenos Aires – UBA.

Ana Beatriz Gonçalves de Carvalho, Faculdade Integral Diferencial - FACID DeVry Brasil

Acadêmica do curso de Direito da Faculdade Integral Diferencial – FACID DeVry Brasil. Estagiária da Defensoria Pública do Estado do Piauí, período 2014-2015.

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Published

2015-10-13

How to Cite

Carvalho, C. M. R. G. de, Furtado, J. A. P. X., & Carvalho, A. B. G. de. (2015). THE STRUGGLE FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT: ANALYSIS OF THE PROCEDURE FOR ELDERLY IN THE PIAUÍ STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 60(3), 339–366. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v60i3.42056

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 3 (2015)

Section

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