Questão jurídica principal
Whether free legal counsel was required for the bankruptcy office's settlement meeting on the sale of co-owned property shares
Decisão extraída
No. The settlement talks were not shown to require counsel under Art. 29(3) BV, because the office did not decide substantive rights and the debtors could present their position without a lawyer.
Fundamentação extraída
The bankruptcy office merely facilitated a practical solution for realization; it did not adjudicate the validity of the purchase contract or other substantive civil-law questions. The debtors' arguments were therefore misplaced, and no special factual or legal difficulty justified appointed counsel.