Patrícia Kundrát, 48, wife of Fernando Henrique Cardoso94, agreed with the ex-president’s ban and the appointment of his son Paulo Henrique Cardoso as responsible for his father’s guardianship.
The consent form was presented on Monday (20) and is a necessary procedure for formalizing the interdiction. The former president’s children, Paulo Henrique, Luciana and Beatriz, filed the request due to the worsening of the condition. Alzheimer’s from the father. The request was accompanied by a medical report certifying his state of health. health.
The ban was accepted by São Paulo Court on the 15thbut the judge’s decision gave 15 days for FHC’s wife to be heard.
The former president formalized a stable union with the former employee of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Institute in 2014. Patrícia was an administrator of the entity and held the position of executive secretary.
The family is represented in the action by lawyers Caetano Berenguer, Fabiano Robalinho and Henrique Avila, from Bermudes Advogados.
The children’s interdiction request states that, given his worsening Alzheimer’s, the former president became “incapable of carrying out the acts of civil life.”
“Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s current delicate health condition, and the confirmation that the authors have always been responsible for his father’s care, is also attested by the written testimonies presented by people who have maintained an intimate relationship with the Cardoso family for decades”, says the document.
The process is carried out in secrecy.
In the decision, the judge justifies the appointment of Paulo Henrique as responsible for the civil acts and the financial and patrimonial life of the former president due to the “signs of trust placed by the defendant in the now appointed person, acting as his attorney”.
The health situation would compromise the validity of the powers of attorney previously granted by FHC to the children, which motivated the request for interdiction. The document also contains communications between family members and the former president’s assistance team, such as for the purchase of medical care materials, and attaches existing powers of attorney.
The judicial measure is provisionally valid for acts of asset management, following the authors’ request. Other acts will only be included after medical expertise provided by law.
Fernando Henrique governed the country from 1995 to 2002. After leaving the Presidency, he no longer held public positions, but remained active in the political debate, within the PSDB or through your foundation.
Most recently, his most prominent public appearance occurred in 2022, when publicly declared vote for former opponent Lula (PT) in the presidential race against Jair Bolsonaro (PL). A video with the statement was used in the PT’s electoral program at the time.
with DIEGO ALEJANDRO, JULLIA GOUVEIA and KARINA MATIAS
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