Annument of the civil registry of paternity due to substantial error in light of new paradigms of family law

Abstract

Family Law has progressed to new horizons, as the modern individual is regarded as a subject of rights. From this change in paradigms, this paper explores substantial errors, specifically those that can be a motive for annulling the civil registry’s recognition of paternity. In light of this, this study analyzes the possibility of rectifying civil registries, which, in consequence, invalidates the effects of family affiliation. Overall, this paper examines the scope of the Brazilian Constitution’s protection of the family as an institute, details the forms of paternity recognition, presents the definition of error as a pathology in legal transactions, and expresses the academic and supreme courts understanding of the annulment of the civil registry of paternity by proving its substantial error.