ALIMENTOS AVOENGOS: Até onde vai a responsabilidade dos pais diante da obrigação alimentar e a vulnerabilidade dos avós diante da prisão civil

Abstract

This is scientific research that aims to analyze the hypotheses of how far the responsibility of the parents goes regarding the maintenance obligation, especially with regard to the possibility of decreeing civil imprisonment for defaulting grandparents, when this

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obligation is passed on to them, giving the due importance to the orientation of the principles of the integral protection of the elderly and of the dignity of the human person, and to the Elderly Statute. In order to deepen the studies and improve the understanding, we will delve into the merits of the definition of food, as well as all the food needs for their survival and the approach of the most outstanding principles in the family institute, but not deviating from the main objective. Therefore, it should be noted that the main focus of the studies will not be the punishment of the parents, but the effects that result from it for the fulfillment of the protected obligation.