Open Access“My child, my treasure”: underlying motivations in child custody judicial cases
Author(s) -
Paula Casaleiro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2182-7907
pISSN - 0873-6529
DOI - 10.7458/spp20219614216
Subject(s) - alimony , child custody , family law , child support , judicial opinion , certification , sociology , domestic relations , law , social psychology , political science , psychology
Portugal registered, since the mid-1990s, an exponential increase in family disputes over children. This article tries to frame and understand this growth, analysing the motivations underlying the child custody judicial cases, dividing them into three non-exclusive categories: access to children, alimony and administrative certification. The analysis reveals how change and continuity intersect in post-separation family and parental relationships and how parental and gender relations are produced and negotiated in family courts.