TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment criteria in relocation cases
T2 - An exploratory study of Spanish family court Judges
AU - Fabregas, Mar
AU - Arch, Mila
AU - García-Arch, Josué
AU - Segura, Jordi
AU - Pereda, Noemí
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This descriptive study determined whether Spanish family law judges (N = 30) use the criteria proposed in the scientific literature and jurisprudence to assess cases of the relocation of minors after the breakdown of their parents’ relationship. Our results showed that the judges consider the criteria to be relevant in guiding their decision-making process, the most valued criteria being the psychological ones (parents’ psychological adjustment; relationship between the minor and each parent; the right of the child to maintain personal relationships with both parents). However, we observed trends in the judicial resolutions, with a third of the judges tending to authorize relocation requests and another third tending to deny them, indicating the presence of biases or presumptions.
AB - This descriptive study determined whether Spanish family law judges (N = 30) use the criteria proposed in the scientific literature and jurisprudence to assess cases of the relocation of minors after the breakdown of their parents’ relationship. Our results showed that the judges consider the criteria to be relevant in guiding their decision-making process, the most valued criteria being the psychological ones (parents’ psychological adjustment; relationship between the minor and each parent; the right of the child to maintain personal relationships with both parents). However, we observed trends in the judicial resolutions, with a third of the judges tending to authorize relocation requests and another third tending to deny them, indicating the presence of biases or presumptions.
KW - child custody
KW - evaluation criteria
KW - judges
KW - Relocation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161687463&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15379418.2019.1699487
DO - 10.1080/15379418.2019.1699487
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85161687463
SN - 2690-4586
VL - 17
SP - 76
EP - 88
JO - Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody and Child Development
JF - Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody and Child Development
IS - 1
ER -