The evolution of parental authority in France with regard to the powers and duties of noncustodial parent

Abstract

Since the early 70’s that France has revolutionized its family law in general, and the regulation of parental authority in particular through the timely reaction and adaptation to changing socio-family models, which has been demonstrated in a legislative developments marked by decades of relevant changes. Since the end of the patriarchal era, with the elimination of the notion of parental authority and its replacement by parental authority, until the consecration of alternating residence as a general mode of exercise of parental authority to divorced or separated parents whatever filiation of children, in less than half a century. This “French revolution of family law” has managed to reconcile the powers and duties of noncustodial parents on the care and education of former child delivered to the parent or guardian mother coated exclusion great power in important decisions of life of children.