Judge Temporarily Places Child With Father After Lawyer Karina Kufa Married Convicted Client

Overview

• The 12th Family Court in São Paulo issued a provisional injunction signed on July 14 that bars the child from returning to the mother's home after the vacation and orders the boy to remain provisionally with his father.
• The measure followed Karina Kufa’s July 2 marriage to Thiago Brennand, who has been jailed since 2023 and was recently sentenced in first instance to decades in prison for crimes against an ex‑companion.
• The ruling lets the father enroll the child in a São Paulo school, requires a psychological evaluation of the father and his partner, and gives Kufa five days to answer the emergency custody petition.
• Judge Eduardo Palma Pellegrinelli described the accusations against Brennand as 'extremely grave' and noted wide media coverage, but stressed the order is temporary and depends on later adversarial hearings and evidence production.
• The immediate effect is a change in the child’s living and schooling plans while the case moves to full scrutiny, with the psychological report and the Ministry Publico’s participation likely to shape the final custody outcome.