CMSCoop - Law No. 1577 on the promotion and regulation of alternating residence for children of separated parents
The new provisions of Law No. 1577 have therefore been in force since 12 July 2025.
These new provisions allow guardianship and divorce judges, where the best interests of the child so require, to determine, even on a temporary basis, the habitual residence of the child, alternating between the homes of each parent, even if one of the parents disagrees.
The law is applicable immediately.