CHILDHOOD AND PARENTAL ALIENATION: AN INTERFACE BETWEEN LEGAL SYSTEM AND PSYCHOLOGY

Abstract

The present work investigates parental alienation, focusing on legal and psychological aspects related to the social phenomenon in question. It sought to verify the modes of prevention and repression used by the State to contain this practice, as well as the possible consequences and influences on child development and the establishment of parental relationships. It was investigated how the covid-19 pandemic reflected in cases of parental alienation.  Recent data from the Superior Court of Justice of Piauí were broadcast by the Bom Dia Piauí program, pointing out that the number of cases of parental alienation doubled in the state during the period of social isolation, jumping from 10 cases in 2019 to 23 cases in 2020. In this sense, shared custody was explored in the research as a way to inhibit this practice. For the contextualization and analysis, a bibliographic and legislative research was carried out, and the use of theoretical references was allowed through the exploration of data contained in books, articles, scientific works, legislation and websites.