Legal Affairs Committee decides to proceed

In its meeting of January 13, the Legal Affairs Committee of the National Council unanimously decided to consider the Federal Council's proposal on joint parental custody. The National Council's Legal Affairs Committee clearly supports considering the proposal...

Joint parental custody is becoming the norm

Federal Council adopts message on the revision of the Civil Code (Press release, The Federal Council, 17 November 2011, Bern). Joint parental custody will become the norm in the future, regardless of the parents' marital status. At the heart of this new regulation is...

Fewer worries about custody?

(c) 2011 Migros Magazine. Text: Yvette Hettinger. Images: Lea Meienberg. Joint custody is set to become the norm in Switzerland. Many hopes are pinned on the new law. For some families, shared parenting is already a reality. More on this...

Duty of care instead of custody rights

(c) Basler Zeitung, May 26, 2011. By Andrea Elisabeth Knellwolf. The regulations in force in this country, according to which an unmarried father has no custody of children without the mother's consent, or in the case of divorce, this is not even granted by the courts...

The old ideology of women is outdated

(c) Landbote, May 27, 2011. By Karin Landolt. The Federal Council has decided to accelerate the implementation of joint parental custody as the norm. For men's organizations, this is "the beginning of a new gender debate." Still in...