Um debate acerca dos óbices no processo de adoção no período pandêmico em Fortaleza no estado do Ceará.

Abstract

We will analyze the slowness in the adoption process, it is intended to show the bureaucracy and delay in the adoption processes during the pandemic period in Fortaleza, Ceará state. The concept, legal nature, the background to the adoption, the current approach, the requirements, the effects and the issue of delay in the adoption process and procedural speed. Point out the reasons that lead to delay and slowness in the adoption process. It will be addressed about the expectations of adoptees, showing that children are anxious to have a family but, unfortunately, most of the time, they cause them a lot of pain, as these processes last for years of exhaustion, and with the COVID-19 pandemic unfortunately oa delay has increased, we will see the possibilities where measures should be prioritized that benefit both the families and children who hope to end this procedure quickly, as well as for the court, which sometimes wastes too much time with these processes, becoming totally overloaded, present issues relating to the Statute of the Child and Adolescent, Federal Law No. 12.010/2009, which amended the Statute of the Child and Adolescent, explaining that adoption is a way of inserting a child or adolescent into the foster family a which is conferred the status of son. Within this logic, the ECA is responsible for establishing the basic rights of children and adolescents, showing the right to be within the family, raised and educated, and exclusively within an alternate family that ensures coexistence within this space. Emphasize that the lack of material resources cannot be a reason for the loss or suspension of power that the family exercises. Based on the Federal Constitution of 1988, as it was where it established fundamental rights for children and adolescents, giving them all the guarantees and priorities necessary for those who are still developing, determining full protection, reporting on shelters/home from host. From this perspective, the data collected show that the pandemic is a factor of risks and vulnerabilities for the Adoption process in the state of Ceará, being one of the main factors that directly implies the drop in the adoption processes completed in this period. Also through the results obtained, they emphasize that the pandemic contributed to make it difficult to carry out visits to shelters and to request a period of knowledge to possible adopters. Another result obtained concerns the increased demand for people interested in adopting during the context of the Covid-19 crisis, that is, in addition to the risk of aggression, the female population is also at risk of being murdered, in this sense, the pandemic of Covid-19 aggravated inequalities, risks and vulnerabilities for women, making it essential to consider racial, geographic and social class lines, to understand who are the main victims and what are the main inequalities that permeate this issue. Answering like this: What are the factors that contribute to an increase in the waiting period in the adoption process? What are the main reasons why the numbers of children and adolescents in shelters/care homes have increased so much during the pandemic? And what social impacts did Covid-19 have on the adoption process in Fortaleza? And finally, reporting on adoption statistics in the state of Ceará, making a comparison in the era before the pandemic and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Obtaining data from the State Court of Justice (TJCE). Keywords: Adoption. Status of Children and Adolescents ECA. Pandemic. Late.