“My son just says he wants to die.” Susana Silva is concerned to hear the decision of the Court of Appeal of Porto, which granted the appeal of the father of eight-year-old Santiago, and ordered that he be placed under temporary guardianship for two months.
The dispute between the parents dragged on for more than six years, resulting in Maya’s Family and Juvenile Court ordering the placement of the child in an institution in July, which was suspended in August. The decision is based on the situation of alienation of parents.
“It is a crime. They put a bomb in this child’s hand that will go off,” explained Margarida Posinho, a psychologist accompanying the minor, warning that he was “on edge”. “We are faced with a false accusation of parental alienation. It needs to be heard,” he said.
Author: Aureliana Gomez
Source: CM Jornal
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