My Story

I grew up in a family deeply connected to the Law, closely following the path of my father, Dr. Rui Nepomuceno, who was also my pupil-master and my greatest professional reference.

With him I learned that the practice of law is not carried out with legal knowledge alone. It is carried out with rigour, independence, courage and, above all, with respect for the people who entrust us with the most delicate moments of their lives.

Throughout my career, I came to find in Family Law the area that challenges me the most and with which I identify most deeply. Perhaps because I am a mother. Perhaps because I could never accept the ease with which society judges a mother or a father, forgetting that there are no perfect parents.

Sometimes there is no lack of love. There are difficulties, fragilities and the absence of the conditions necessary to provide care. And there are children who need to be truly seen, heard and protected.

They are the centre of my work.

Experience has taught me that, in Family Law, there are no universal formulas nor solutions that can be applied automatically. Each child has their own story. Each family has its own circumstances. And each decision must be considered according to that child's age, emotional bonds, routines, emotional stability and concrete needs.

For many years, I firmly defended alternating residence. I still consider it a positive solution when both parents have been truly present in their children's lives, share the caregiving, are able to communicate with respect and maintain compatible approaches to parenting.

But experience has also shown me that this arrangement does not suit every family.

A child is not a suitcase to be carried between two homes every week.

When there is permanent conflict, profoundly different lifestyles or an inability to cooperate, what should represent balance can turn into a source of instability.

I do not defend mothers against fathers, nor fathers against mothers. I believe every situation must be analysed in depth, without prejudice and without automatic assumptions, seeking to understand who that child is and what they need in order to grow up safely.

I equally believe that parents should not have to face such complex and emotionally demanding proceedings alone. Regulating or modifying parental responsibilities is not a matter of filling in a form. Behind every case there are affections, fears, conflicts and decisions capable of marking an entire life.

That is why I continue to practise law with the same commitment: to listen without judging, to act with firmness and to seek, in every case, a solution that is legally rigorous, but also human.

Because the best interests of the child cannot be merely words written in the law. They must be truly present in every decision.