Posted on 02/21/2018 3:34:27 PM PST by nickcarraway
An unwilling father has been ordered to share custody of his two teenagers in a landmark ruling by a court in Spain.
A judge ordered the man to equally share custody of his two children despite his unwillingness to do so after their mother said she could no longer cope.
The court in Cordoba ruled that both parents should equally care for their 15-year-old boy, who suffers from a disability, and his 17-year-old sibling.
The couple, who divorced five years ago, will take weekly custodial shifts of their children.
The ruling which was made on January 23rd and made public this week, was hailed as a landmark by the Spanish family lawyers’ association (AEAFA).
“It’s the first time a father has been forced into shared custody despite his opposition to it,” María Dolores Azaustre, vice-president of AEAFA told Europa Press.
“The custom is that shared custody is considered a right instead of a duty,” she said. “Until now, the courts reinforced that if a parent refused to take care of the children, they couldn’t be forced.”
The mother, who was awarded sole custody of her two children in the 2013 divorce settlement, applied to the courts after the father stopped alternate weekend visits.
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This should be interesting.
Bizarre.
their 15-year-old boy, who suffers from a disability, and his 17-year-old sibling.
It seems like the only time that the father get 50% custody is when custody is a burden for the father!
This has got to be the saddest story I’ve read this week.
This doesn’t bode well for the children IMHO.
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>>>This doesn’t bode well for the children IMHO.<<<
Agreed. It seems that neither parent wants custody of these children. What a sad situation for them.
I think it’s great. Let each parent share some of the burden. If the kids are too much for mom, see what dad can do.
For God’s sake,the father doesn’t even want them.
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I understand that, but the mother doesn’t want them full-time, either. So they can share custody, or they can go into a foster program (or whatever it is Spain has). There is no reason why the mother should have the full-time care of them if there is also a father. He is also a parent, whether he likes it or not.
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