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Αναίρεση στον Άρειο Πάγο: η καταδίκη για ψευδή καταμήνυση και ψευδή κατάθεση απαιτεί αυστηρή αιτιολόγηση του δόλου
Η απουσία καταδίκης του καταγγελλόμενου δεν ισοδυναμεί με απόδειξη ότι η καταγγελία ήταν ψευδής, έκρινε ο 'Αρειος Πάγος, αναιρώντας απόφαση του Τριμελούς Εφετείου Πλημμελημάτων Αθηνών που καταδίκαζε μία γυναίκα και τη μητέρα της για ψευδή καταμήνυση, ψευδή κατάθεση μάρτυρα και ηθική αυτουργία σε ψευδή κατάθεση, χωρίς να το αιτιολογεί επαρκώς.
Travel and Accommodation Costs Are Not Part of Child Support, Rules Thessaloniki Court of Appeal
Thessaloniki Court of Appeal ruled that travel and accommodation costs for visitation are not part of child support calculations. An analysis of the ruling and its implications.
The mandatory joint custody law in Greece denies access to the child's Tax ID Number and disability benefit
Two mothers describe how the mandatory joint custody law becomes a tool for control: one cannot access her children's tax ID because the father refuses to share it, the other cannot secure her disabled child's benefit because the father withholds consent
Germany: father seeking custody of 3-month-old infant murders 6 people at mother-child protection facility
Ένοπλος πατέρας, που βρισκόταν σε δικαστική αντιδικία για την επιμέλεια της τρίμηνης κόρης του, σκότωσε έξι άτομα και τραυμάτισε άλλο ένα σε ίδρυμα προστασίας μητέρας-παιδιού στην πόλη Στάντε, κοντά στο Αμβούργο της Γερμανίας, τη Δευτέρα 29 Ιουνίου 2026.
Thessaloniki Court of Appeal Overturns Ruling: Mother Did Not Obstruct Communication with the Child
The Three-Member Thessaloniki Court of Appeal rejected a damages lawsuit filed by a father against his ex-wife and her father in its entirety. Ruling on the merits, the Court of Appeal found that the difficulties in the video calls were due to the child's age and hearing condition, not to any actions by the mother.
Complaint against mother dismissed by the Public Prosecutor's Office. Child's refusal to communicate found to be voluntary
The 11-year-old boy's negative attitude was linked to the father's own long-term behavior and inconsistency, such as absences from birthdays, celebrations, and sports activities.
New York: Father found guilty of murdering 9-year-old Melina
The father of 9-year-old Melina in New York has been found guilty of her murder. Her Greek mother says the girl did not want to go on the trip with him.
"I Will Protect My Children"
Yet another mother criminally prosecuted for trying to protect her children. Her story shares many common features with similar cases: experts who don't follow protocol, police misconduct, prosecutors who archive cases despite the evidence, or, even worse, act vindictively, and fathers who organize into fathers' rights groups and act intimidatingly.
Fathers' Rights Movement: Misogyny, Anti-Feminism, and Violence
A common thread among organized fathers' groups is misogyny and anti-feminism, while the violence they carry out has escalated to the murder of women, children, and family court judges.
Tsiaras Law: How much women's blood can a piece of legislation hold?
A critical analysis of the Tsiaras Law on mandatory joint custody and its consequences for women and children, victims of domestic violence, prompted by the femicide of Vasiliki.
Justice Isn't Blind, It Has Pockets
A testimony of abuse and the patterns it reveals about domestic violence, child sexual abuse, and the failures of the justice and child-protection systems
New rules could ensure courts consider domestic abuse in separation settlements
An overview of proposed rules that would require courts to factor in domestic violence when deciding custody and other arrangements following separation or divorce.
Five years are enough: Declaration for the repeal of the law for forced joint custody in Greece
A declaration calling for the repeal of Greece's mandatory joint custody law, five years after its passage, outlining its harmful impact on victims of domestic violence .
Urgent recommendation from GREVIO to Greece
GREVIO calls on Greece to take all necessary practical and legislative measures to end the removal of custody from non-violent parents, and to train judges and other relevant professionals on the lack of scientific basis for "parental alienation syndrome" and similar concepts.
Prosecutor Maria-Eleni Nikolou and the patriarchal class courts.
What connects the acquittal of pimps and child rapists with the theory of parental alienation? Prosecutor Maria-Eleni Nikolou and the patriarchal class courts.
WHO: Children must learn to correctly name the parts of their body
According to WHO Guidelines, sexuality education contributes to the prevention of sexual abuse.
Legal rules establishing the obligation to report child abuse and neglect
There is a legal obligation to report suspected child abuse and/or neglect, and it is also a moral imperative to ensure the protection of children. Reporting protects abused children from further abuse.
History Taking in Sexual Abuse: Anatomical Dolls
The use of anatomical dolls reduces the likelihood of suggestibility in children during the diagnostic interview for child sexual abuse.