Eficácia da Lei nº 8.560/1992 na Comarca de Sousa- PB.

Abstract

The violation of basic citizen's rights is a serious and recurrent problem in Brazil. It usually starts at birth and extends during the life of great part of the population. The earliest right to be violated concerns birth registration, which leads to an increased number of children with no birth certificates, as well as unknown paternity, when these children are registered.The former problem was effectively solved by the Law n° 9.534/97, which gave a new text to the Article 30 of the Law n° 6.015 of 31 December 1973. It disposes of public registrations, stipulating free application to birth certificates. The latter issue, far more complex, was referred by the Law n° 8.560 of 1992, which regulates the paternity of the offspring bom outside marriage. The present work aims to investigate the effectiveness of the law of paternity investigacion (Law n° 8.560/92) in the Comarca of Sousa, which is formed by nine municipalities. The resarch has been conducted by field investigation in local register offices, by interviewing its officers as well as other representatives from the Judiciary and Public Ministry, and the Tutelary Council from the municipality of Sousa.