Formally, confinement does not prevent separated parents from exercising their right of access. In reality, the health crisis has made the issue of parental guard tours even more complex, particularly for these school holidays. Thomas, 49, was expected to babysit his three children aged 4 to 9 this week, but "they left for Brittany with their mother at the start of confinement. I will not go and get them, while they are there, to keep them in Paris! I'm not going to see them for 6 weeks, no doubt, it's painful, but how else?
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While zone C (academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles) went on vacation Friday evening, many parents had to resolve to skip the holidays with their children, or to let them go with apprehension, in a context where each trip can be risky.
The Ministry of Justice clarified last Thursday that "children should in principle go to their home
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