Acesso à justiça e alimentos: análise da atuação da Defensoria Pública do Estado do Maranhão na judicialização de alimentos pelas mães solo

Abstract

This study focuses on access to justice and food, focusing on the analysis of the performance of the Public Defender of the State of Maranhão in the judicialization of food by solo mothers. This is a topic that, despite its importance, has only recently begun to be debated in an academic context, since the female single parent arrangement, called as a solo mother, is part of a minority social group and has long been stigmatized, especially in the context actions of food and alimony in favor of their children. In this scenario, the State Public Defender's Office would appear as a guarantor of effective access to justice for solo mothers. For this reason, this work had the general objective of observing whether the initial reception given to solo mothers by the State Public Defender of Maranhão, in the actions of food, guarantees access to justice. Thus, it was necessary to understand basic concepts about the actions of food and solo mothers, study about the State Public Defender of Maranhão and access to justice and, finally, verify the initial reception of DPE/MA to solo mothers in the judicialization of foods. This research used the qualitative approach, being of the exploratory type, taking the form of a field study. For a better understanding of the subject, some steps were developed, such as the bibliographic survey of theories on access to justice and Family Law, documentary survey on the internal regulations and laws that instituted the State Public Defender of Maranhão, field observation at the institution's headquarters and semi-structured interviews with State Public Defenders. As a result, it was found that, although the State Public Defender of Maranhão offers shelter that allows access to justice for solo mothers in the judicialization of food, the institution should be understood only as a cog in it, since access to justice goes further, depending on legal responses from the Judiciary itself, for example, which only the institution cannot provide, in isolation.