Joint parental custody as the norm

(c) NZZ Online 8.4.2011 The National Council's Legal Affairs Committee is increasing the pressure on Sommaruga. The federal government should revise parental custody law as quickly as possible. This is the demand of the National Council's Legal Affairs Committee in a motion. The committee is reacting to...

Judgments must be enforced!

When divorced women take children away from their fathers without cause, the rule of law often stands idly by. CVP National Councillor Reto Wehrli wants to change this and is calling for more rights, but also more responsibilities. (c) 26.3.2011 Bieler Tagblatt. By Lotti Teuscher.

Despite the separation, they remained parents

(c) Reformed of March 25, 2011. By Anouk Holthuizen. Many fathers fight in vain for joint custody. Not so Paul D. He has just as close a relationship with his daughter Laura as his ex-wife Iris B. When Laura's cat died six years ago, her...

Roundtable on shared parental responsibility

Bern, March 14, 2011 – The roundtable discussion on shared parental responsibility, announced by Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga in mid-February, will take place in Bern on April 15, 2011. The head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP)...

Men harass Federal Councillor Sommaruga

(c) NZZ March 6, 2011. Katharina Bracher. Cross-party coalition puts pressure on the introduction of joint custody. Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga is once again threatened with trouble from the male camp. After her resignation in mid-January...