Although the joint custody of the child may work “educationally” for the parents by pushing them to cooperate in the interests of the child and harmonize their positions, in the case of fierce disputes and abusive behavior – refusal to cooperate by one parent, acts as an obstacle for the parent who primarily exercises the actual care of the child, leading him/her to the courts again.

By virtue of Decision No. 4071/2024 decision on a separate application for a temporary order, the Athens Court of First Instance, taking into account the mother’s abusive refusal to consent to the child’s attendance at school for the new year and to enroll in a summer camp for the days when she would not be on holiday with one of the two parents, accepted the application of my client, the father of the child, and allowed him to decide on these matters unilaterally, without the mother’s consent.