O Afastamento Paterno após o Fim do Relacionamento Amoroso: Um Estudo Qualitativo

This study aimed to investigate the reasons which lead some fathers to abdicate the paternity at theend of their marital relationship. Five fathers integrated this study and participated in family mediationin a Law Practice Center and that over the appointments with the Psychology team have shown havinglittle or no contact with their children. The research employed a qualitative method, using semistructuredinterviews with open-ended questions. The results point out the difficulty of some men toaccept a child who comes in at a moment not considered by them to be the ideal one. Moreover, someof them mention obstacles which make the access to their children difficult, thus harming the exerciseof fatherhood