Articles

Appeal to withdraw the bill on joint custody

The child is approached from the perspective of a deeply patriarchal society, as a passive recipient of the exercise of parental rights and not as a bearer of rights [...] The child's refusal is considered parental alienation on the part of the other parent, and is punished by removal of parental responsibility.

Parental alienation and the children of gay couples

Minister of Justice Konstantinos Tsiaras loves to invoke arbitrary scientific studies and concepts. In the bill on joint custody, a purely legal text, the internationally disputed term "parental alienation" is reportedly being introduced. [...] it has been extensively criticized by legal circles and mental health experts, who believe it should not be used in child custody court cases by either legal or psychiatric professionals.

Parental responsibility after parents' separation: Some observations.

The best interest of the child, as the supreme criterion for decisions made by parents or state authorities on matters concerning them, under domestic law and international legislative texts, is an indeterminate legal concept that is specified in each particular case, based on its parameters and特殊 characteristics. It is neither customary nor correct to legislate abstract, generally applicable prerequisites and criteria for the best interest of the child.

Family Law: The figure of the “master-father” is favored

Our country's family law, once child-centered, is at risk of being transformed into something aimed exclusively at satisfying divorced fathers. The child, once a subject of law, is once again turned into an object of law, even though this contradicts all international conventions. Alternating residence splits children's lives in two, depriving them of a stable environment, a sense of security, and peace of mind.