La protezione dei legami familiari in caso di violenza domestica

Abstract

The paper analyses the subject of the disastrous effect of domestic violence on family relationships, in particular when the violence results in the murder of a parent through the other one. The article presents the legal remedies may be put in place in order to protect the child and his identity, moving from the institutes provided by the legisla-ture and then examining the jurisprudence both of Italian Supreme Court and of the Constitutional Court, in this case with a specific focus to the decision n. 183 of 28 September 2023.