Abstract:
The present article aims bring data about changes in Brazilian law, related to the processes of democratization and social changes in family relationships in the national context, in order to present some of the shortcomings of the burocratic state in legitimize and categorize different family structures. To achieve this aim are observed court decisions presented in different scopes of the Court of Rio Grande do Sul on conflicts of jurisdiction between criminal courts, family courts and childhood courts for the administration of violent familiar conflicts framed by Maria da Penha Law.
Keywords:
Family; Violence on familiar context; Conjugal relationships; Maria da Penha Law