Questão jurídica principal
Whether the legal aid granted to the deceased plaintiff extended to her heirs for costs incurred before May 2002
Decisão extraída
No. Legal aid is granted personally to the needy party, is not transferable, and ends when that party leaves the proceedings; heirs must file their own request.
Fundamentação extraída
Article 29(3) BV protects access to court, not a general state assumption of litigation risk. The heirs became parties in their own right under Art. 560(1) ZGB and assumed the procedural risk; their counsel failed to apply anew for legal aid.