Análisis: factibilidad de la tenencia compartida en el Ecuador

Abstract

The investigation “Feasibility of Joint Custody in Ecuador” analyses the minor’s custody as a result of a separation and a divorce of the progenitors, in the context of the actual legislation that anticipates the application of a sole custody, for the cases of family breakdowns that involved children under eighteen years of age. New social requirements, demand a change in order to establish a new figure based on the Joint Custody; central topic of the investigation, that it seeks to gather necessary arguments to justify the reason why this type of custody is very beneficial for the minors and their best interests, as well as for their divorced, or separated, parents and their rights to share upbringing in equal conditions. Lastly, you will find in the text a national law analysis that enables the inclusion of this legal figure within our standing legal framework.