Birth certificate Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil The Santa Catarina Court authorized a woman to remove her father's name from the civil registry, after he was convicted of sexual violence against her. The request was made by the state Public Defender's Office and the decision was handed down by the Family Court of the District of Criciúma (SC). In addition to excluding the name of the parent, the names of the paternal grandparents were also removed from the victim's birth record and the woman's surname (first name) was changed. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp The process is being processed in secret and the decision was released by the Judiciary at the beginning of August after being submitted to the Judiciary in September 2025. In the sentence, the judge highlighted that maintaining the link in the documents "represented a form of revictimization and could prolong the psychological suffering" of the woman. A psychological report attached to the process reinforced that the change would contribute to emotional reorganization and the protection of women's dignity. Furthermore: The Court highlighted that, although civil registries have stability as a rule, this principle is not absolute and can be relaxed in exceptional situations; The decision recognized that the practice of serious crimes by the parent definitively broke the duties inherent to parenthood, making the maintenance of the legal bond of filiation incompatible;