The Child's Residence — Agreement or Court
Where, because of a divorce or for another reason, the parents live separately, it depends on their agreement who has the right to decide with whom the minor child is to live. Where they disagree, the dispute over with whom the minor child is to live is decided by the court, taking into account the interests of the child. A plan to move to another country does not change this framework — it is part of the same dispute, and its international dimension requires a separate assessment; in every case we establish which norms apply to the concrete circumstances and build the position accordingly. Preparing this dispute means constructing a justification expressed in the language of the child's interests — school, environment, stability, the parent's actual capacities — and that is the material our team works on from the very first day of the case. Before the case begins, the question of the form the position will take must also be settled in good time: by agreement, where dialogue between the parties is still possible, or by court dispute — and the choice must rest on the actual stock of evidence, not on an emotional assessment.