Author archive Oliver Hunziker

In a controversial decision, the Federal Supreme Court tries to pretend the common custody recently introduced. In a media communiqué, Gecobi criticizes this attempt by the highest Swiss court to intervene in the sovereignty of politics. Politicians have (late, but at least ...) that after a separation or divorce, both parents should remain responsible for their children. We do not want the federal court to collect this fundamental right through the back door. Read on

This saying by Ingeborg Bachmann is the leitmotif for our position on paternity tests. The Federal Council threatens fathers who want to clarify the descent of their (supposed or actual) children up to three years in prison. We defend ourselves against it! Read on

In the next few days, the Council of States is said to be a secondary council about the revision of maintenance law. Tecobi decidedly rejects this one -sided attack on single and divorced fathers. It cements a traditional distribution of roles and prevents both parents from playing an important role in the care and upbringing of their children. Read on

Today, on July 1, 2014, the common parental concern becomes the rule. As one of the last countries in Europe, Switzerland now has a contemporary law. Here is our media communiqué on this occasion: Read more

The Federal Council's proposal to reorganize maintenance payments for children has reached the National Council's legal committee. After the consultation, there were hardly any changes compared to his first idea - and certainly no improvements. However, during the deliberations of the Legal Commission, we had the opportunity to present our ideas for a simple and fair regulation of child support in this body.

The GeCoBi proposal for the regulation of child maintenance represents the practical implementation of the principle of joint parenthood. It is based on the simple fact that a child basically has two parents who are obliged to care for it. Due to the prohibition of discrimination in the constitution, these two parents also have the same rights and obligations - particularly in relation to the duty of care and the right to work. This results in a half obligation to pay for the child's needs for care and maintenance. Of course, not all parents want or can (yet) live a half-care model. However, this represents an excellent starting point for negotiations in order to arrive at solutions that are acceptable but individually tailored to the parents.

Recommendations to the Legal Commission

In this paper we present the concrete implementation of our approach. It contains numerous calculation examples for typical separation cases. They all prove the practical feasibility of our approach.

The Federal Council's legal commission has reached the Federal Council proposal for the new regulation of maintenance contributions for children. Compared to his first performance, he has hardly experienced any changes after the consultation - and certainly no improvements. However, as part of the advice of the legal commission, we had the opportunity to present our ideas of a simple and fair regulation of child maintenance in this body. Read on

Zurich, 9/11/12:

The leaders of Swiss men's and fathers' organizations met for a strategy meeting on September 6, 2012, to discuss the Federal Council's proposal to revise maintenance law. After a thorough review of the consultation draft, the associations identified alarming deficiencies. Read more

The Swiss Association for Joint Parenting (GeCoBi) offers a training program that is unparalleled in Switzerland: the Certified Separation Counselor Training. A separation counselor helps people affected by separation and divorce to constructively cope with this dramatic event in their lives. Read more

Media Communiqué 25.5.2011

Yesterday, the Federal Council confirmed what Federal Councilor Sommaruga had already said after the round table: The two issues of custody and maintenance should again be treated separately. Read more