The Brazilian Institute of Family Law or IBDFAM (from Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família, in Portuguese) is a non-profit civil association founded on October 25, 1997, in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, during the First Congress of Brazilian Family Law.
The national headquarters of the Brazilian Institute of Family Law is located in Belo Horizonte.
Justice Maria Berenice Dias of the state of Rio Grande do Sul is the founder of the Brazilian Institute of Family Law and is currently its vice-president (in 2006).
Some of the main goals of IBDFAM are to "conduct studies and research, to promote discussions with an interdisciplinary focus and to foster the overall well-being of the Brazilian family."
IBDFAM also promotes and seeks to participate in dialogues and round tables throughout Brazil and abroad.