Abstract
The Public Defender takes place in lawsuits of destitution of the family power acting largely in favor of the parents of poor families. The psychologist at Public Defender that acts in legal proceedings is called technical assistant. The purpose of this article is to discuss pertinent concepts to the psychologist’s activities in Public Defender from the procedural place of the technical assistant, especially understood within the public policies that work with needy families in accordance with law. To that end, we made a case study with qualitative documental research searching for possible radical actions. The data and actions were thought in the light of Winnicott’s development theories and the concept of attachments judges, by Foucault. The dominant discourse in psychology maintains the logic of previous legislation to the Statute of Children and Adolescents, in which blames the poor family in the family power dismissal processes. The technical assistant figured as an important actor for the inclusion, in the justice system, of the understanding that a baby is not a baby alone, but will always be accompanied by their primary caregivers, people he depends and which are subject wishing to enjoy a free society. The community practice had the effect of creating solutions to the situation that caused suffering to family members. We conclude that theories linking poverty and inability to take care of the children, they work in a similar way as minorists codes previous to Child and Adolescent Statute.
Technical Assistant Judiciary; Critical Psychology; Community Practices; Best Interests of the Child; Irregular Situation