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Parental responsibility

Schooling blocked due to lack of agreement between parents

When the course begins and none of the centers can confirm schooling due to parental disagreement, the problem requires a precise request. In the document examined, the attribution of the power to choose a school was requested due to the risk that a minor would remain without attending class.

Why was an urgent decision requested?

After establishing the shared custody, the parents lived in different places and proposed different centers. The request alleged that provisional registration had been blocked when the other parent communicated his opposition to the school.

The petition tried to prove the situation with the center's communication and previous exchanges. The central element was to ensure school continuity, not to consider the election resolved because one party had initiated the registration procedures.

Travel is also part of the problem

The letter compared the trips from both homes, the extended hours and the dining room. Furthermore, it related the choice to the job availability requirements of one of the parents and to the continuity of the previous educational model.

To examine these reasons, realistic routes and times, work schedules, services actually available and confirmation of places must be provided. It is not enough to state that a center is nearby: it is interesting to know what trips the minor will make during each shift and how they will affect her rest.

What to ask for and what not to confuse

The subject of the request was a specific parental responsibility decision regarding schooling. It was not equivalent to requesting the general deprivation of parental responsibility or resolving all family differences. The letter added another request for support for coordination, which also had to be evaluated separately.

Before going to the consultation, it is advisable to gather the family resolution, the communications from the centers and a brief chronology of the election process. The judicial authority must evaluate the proposals according to the interest of the minor. The practical priority is to prevent deadlines and adult conflict from leaving an immediate school need unresolved.

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Civil Code article 156 · BOE ↗ (opens in a new tab)