| The questions the study intends to answer are:
1. Under what circumstances should alternate care be the best option for the child?
2. What psychosocial conditions must be met for this type of care to work on a daily basis?
3. Can the State, and if so how, promote this form of co-parenting?
The starting point for answering these questions is the concept of "custody" under Swiss law. We envisage it here in its new content since the reform of the right of the parental authority, entered into force on July 1, 2014 (II.). The study then examines the models present in some foreign countries having legislated on the alternate custody (III.). It defines the legal concept of the best interests of the child and confronts it with different results of empirical studies on the effects of post-separation family arrangements on the well-being of the child (IV. Finally, the analysis focuses on the economic constraints on the establishment of alternating custody by families, arising indirectly from the organization of paid work and family work, as well as family policy in Switzerland (V .). To conclude, the study responds to the questions outlined above and recommends not moving towards a new single normative model, promoting, for example, and in all cases, a strict equality between ex-partners (and parents). in the care of the child (VI.).
|  |
