The impact of Law N°6059/2018 on the free justice and prompt process of childhood and adolescent trials in the Court of Peace

Abstract

This research deals with the experiences lived by the Peace Court of San Rafael del Paraná during the year 2020 and the first semester of the year 2021, in terms of the impact caused by the Law No. 6059/2018 that modifies the Law No. 879/81 “Code of Judicial Organization” and Extends its provisions and the Functions of the Justice of Peace; on the principles of free justice and prompt process in trials of Childhood and Adolescent before the Peace Court. Such an approach is necessary in order to know if with effectiveness of the new law, it has contributed positively or negatively to justice. The purpose of this study is to understand the true impact of the aforementioned law on the principles of free justice and prompt process for the trials of the jurisdiction of children and adolescents, processed before the Justice of the Peace. This task was achieved through the review of the files brought before the aforementioned Courthouse throughout the year of 2020 and the first semester of 2021. The analysis showed that in a year and a half the Justice of the Peace of San Rafael del Paraná has attended and homologated a large number of cases, in very summary procedures, without spending legal expenses on various concepts, thereby fully complying with the principles of free and expeditious proceedings, with true access to justice for the district citizens as well as the most vulnerable and with low-income.