SC court orders mother-in-law to compensate daughter-in-law R$10,000 and publish retraction for attacks on the internet

Court of SC orders mother-in-law to compensate daughter-in-law R$ 10 thousand and publish retraction for attacks on the internet Reproduction/ RBS TV The Court of Santa Catarina sentenced a grandmother to pay R$ 10 thousand in moral damages after she published, on an open social network, photos of her underage grandson accompanied by offensive messages against the child's mother. The mother-in-law will also have to make a retraction to her daughter-in-law. The decision, which can be appealed, was handed down by the 2nd Civil Court of the district of São Francisco do Sul, in the North of Santa Catarina, the region where the case occurred, and was released on Thursday (23). According to the organization, it was recognized that the publications went beyond freedom of expression. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp The names of those involved were not disclosed by the Court of Justice (TJ). According to the institution, the grandmother had published photographs of her grandson on a social network open to the public with messages that insinuated that her daughter-in-law manipulated her son and was responsible for the separation of the child and the woman. The publications gave rise to several offensive comments directed at the boy's mother. According to the process, in addition to allowing the demonstrations to remain visible, the grandmother interacted with the comments. In the process, the child's mother stated that the publications affected her honor, image, privacy and dignity, in addition to unduly exposing her son. MORE The Court, however, highlighted that the conviction was not only based on the absence of a challenge, but also on documentary evidence. In the sentence, the judge highlighted that the publications went beyond the right to freedom of expression, constituting a violation of the mother's personality rights and an affront to the protection guaranteed to children and adolescents. The decision determines that the grandmother publishes a retraction on the same profile and social network, within 15 days after the final judgment, keeping it available for at least 30 days.