Custody in blended families
Blended families and unmarried parenthood are at the present time no longer a rarity. Which can have various reasons, such as: There is still no desire to marry, or perhaps not enough money is available for a wedding. Ergo, there are over time more and more unmarried fathers who are in care, however, say the education of children fully clamped. Nevertheless, they have fewer rights because they are not married to the mother. Here the mother has custody as a matter of course. Without the consent of the mother, the man has no right to make decisions.
Criticism of custody with regard to fathers
Family law is over 100 years old. His arrangements and regulations come from a time when there was a completely different type of family than it is today.
At the time there were no illegitimate children, or even single fathers, except for one parent was deceased. The fact is that the law is lagging behind these days far behind. As an unmarried father in law is not on the same footing as a married father.
Improved custody in Europe
For this reason, an improvement of the law of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has been requested. The Federal Constitutional Court has been criticism that the German child custody laws favor single mothers compared to fathers würde.Da without the consent of the mother receives the unmarried father is not custody, this should be seen as discrimination, however, is prohibited under the European Convention on Human Rights. The current federal Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) is bringing a change in the law in favor of unmarried fathers considered. She wants to help the fathers immediately to more rights in the Community decision-making and education.
