Une politique familiale à petits pas. Normalisation de la garde partagée au Québec

Abstract

Developing family policy bit-by-bit. The normalisation of shared custody in Quebec. In contemporary society there is a declining reliance on the law to determine the normative orientation of family policy. Instead, the law guarantees the management of a process for the joint construction of norms. In some cases, recourse to legal procedures or legislation is even ruled out. This is the case in Quebec with the de facto presumption of shared physical custody, which was gradually established through administrative and professional channels and with the help of certain case law. This article explores the way in which this new norm on family policy is based on an ideal of symmetry in parental custody, which is now presented both as necessary for the child’s well-being and as the foundation for equality between the sexes.

A multidimensional measure of father involvement following parental separation

“…Nonetheless, the substantially higher proportion of fathers with shared custody may reflect the Quebec values of fairness, equity, and continuity of the parental couple and the parent-child relationship postseparation as well as Quebec's family policies, which are among the most supportive of early father involvement in the world (Côté & Gaborean, 2018). Furthermore, most of the fathers in the study have been separated for less than 2 years, whereas shared custody of the child between separated parents is found to be more prevalent around the time of separation (Desrosiers et al, 2018).…”