Abstract
Mothers’ consent to their children’s adoption has become the subject of constant regulations, such as the law that changed the Children and Adolescents’ Statute, aiming to guarantee to women the right to not exercise motherhood and to children the possibility of having their right to family and community life preserved. In 2009, the Second Childhood and Youth Court of Recife started assisting women who express an interest in consenting their child for adoption, by the Legal Mother Program. During these years, it was found that sometimes the couple of parents comes to express their intention to consent the adoption of a child. The general objective of this research was to understand the motivations of parents when deciding either on consenting or renouncing the placement of a child for adoption, within the scope of the Legal Mother Program. Analyzing the process by which parents experience parenting and to understanding the context experienced by the couple wich influenced their decision was the intention. The research had a qualitative nature and as instrument the analysis of judicial process documents. Five cases were selected for the study, and the data was analyzed by using thematic content analysis. The main results showed that, in addition to subjective issues, motivations have their roots in external factors such as the context in which the couple is living; the violence and the erosion of conjugality; the interruption of planned dreams; the lack of pregnancy planning; unemployment and financial difficulties.
Keywords:
Judiciary; Adoption; Parents; Parenting