VeV Hotline

The VeV hotline for brief consultations is available from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. In addition to its regional counseling sessions and comprehensive separation counseling, VeV Switzerland now also offers brief telephone consultations. The new VeV hotline is available from...

Alternating custody

A wonderful article by Anita Zulauf in the current issue of Wir Eltern (We Parents). It highlights the potential pitfalls and problem areas of shared custody, but also the benefits for everyone involved. Caring for the father and...

10 years of Schickenstein

Exactly 10 years ago, on February 11, 2011, the SchickEnStei campaign was launched. This was in response to the announcement by the then Minister of Justice, Simonetta Sommaruga, that the introduction of joint parental custody as the norm would be significantly delayed once again. The...

Federal Court makes alternating custody the rule

Since its introduction in 2017, alternating custody could now become the standard. With the introduction of the new maintenance law in January 2017, the concept of alternating custody was included in the law for the first time. Admittedly, only as a possible application by the parties involved, but...