Grandparent's visitation rights in Switzerland


In the *Tribune de Genève* and *Echo Magazine*, Josef Alkatout addresses the legal issue of grandparents’ right to maintain contact with their grandchildren.

Although grandparents in Switzerland—unlike in countries such as Germany, France, or Canada—have no explicit legal right to visitation with their grandchildren, a recent ruling (5A_359/2024 dated October 14, 2024) by the Swiss Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the grandparents.

Read the commentary on this ruling at tdg.ch.

 

Check out the article in Echo Magazine.

 

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