May 2, 2011
In the news today, a novel custody arrangement dictated by a Seville judge: the children will stay put and the parents will alternate living with them on a quarterly basis (in line with the school year). According to Judge Francisco Serrano of Seville Family Court No 7 court the arrangement is feasible given the family’s resources; it also makes sense as both parents have been involved in the their children’s upbringing until now.
Judge Serrano is an outspoken supporter of custodia compartida and is the author of Un Divorcio Sin Traumas.
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May 1, 2011
Since the Tribunal Supremo (TSJ) announced its decision last week there has been plenty of reaction. On Saturday, El Páis published “Lo que la hipoteca unió, que no lo separe un juez” exploring some of the possible consequences of the ruling (one of which might be a blizzard of petitions from ex-husbands requesting a modification of their divorce agreements).
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April 25, 2011
According to an El País article that appeared on 24 April
the Tribunal Supremo (TSJ) has just ruled that after divorce ex spouses should bear mortgages equally. The ruling overturned the decision of a provincial court that a father pay 80% of the mortgage on the family home, arguing that the man had sufficient resources to do so.
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December 5, 2010
Article 92.7 of the Spanish Civil Code proscribes shared cutody if one parent is under investigation for domestic violence. The law is controversial because it means a father can be denied shared custody before being found guilty of such violence, and father’s rights groups such as “Custodia Paterna” and “Projusticia” argue that the law is unconstitutional.
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September 26, 2010
The President of the Family Division of Britain’s High Court, Sir Nicholas Wall, commented in a speech last week that parents do great harm to their children during divorce. The Guardian would like to know if you agree.
According to Sir Wall, “people think that post-separation parenting is easy. In fact it is exceedingly difficult.”
If you’ve made it work, how did you do it? Email your stories with “Separation” in the subject line to g2@guardian.co.uk. Include your name and a daytime contact number. The Guardian will print a selection in their supplement, G2. Copy me in at info@madridmediation.com and I will be happy to feature your experiences in a future post.
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September 4, 2010
“The best interests of the minor child” is a phrase found in the family code of many states across the USA, meaning that judges must keep the child’s interests utmost in their minds when settling child-custody disputes. What about Spain?
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August 7, 2010
With 50,000 separations & divorces involving children taking place in Spain each year, the issue of what happens to the family home is getting more and more attention. Men’s rights groups and some judges want the current law changed, and some comunidades are listening.
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August 5, 2010
On Saturday, 7 August I will be taking calls free of charge in order to answer your questions about family mediation, divorce in Spain, child custody & support, etc. I would love to hear from you!
Just call madridmediation on Skype between 14:00 – 17:00 Central European Time (BST+1) on August 7th.
Looking forward to your call,
Andrea
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July 23, 2010
The much-anticipated Catalan divorce law that was finally passed on 14 July does not make shared custody the preferred option when it comes to settling custody disputes. The decision comes just two months after Aragón decided to favor shared custody in divorce disputes.
Cataluña’s new law does, however, have some innovations: the fate of the family home is no longer linked to the issue of custody, meaning that its use can be awarded to the more economically-disadvantaged spouse. Also, divorcing parents will also be required to come up with a parenting plan.
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July 10, 2010
Here in Spain we can all see signs of the crisis around us even if it hasn’t yet cost us our own jobs: a lot of shops have closed and those that are trying to hang on have begun their sales early. In the mercado the talk is all about the brother, cousin or daughter who has just lost a job. A daycamp my daughter has attended for years has closed because so few children signed up.
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