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"It's all about the best interests of your children": a day with the judge who pushes separated parents to behave like adults

2022-05-18T17:39:24.989Z


REPORT – In Dinant, Belgium, Marie-France Carlier applies the “family consensus” model to spare children suffering.


In Dinant (Belgium),

Come in, everyone, please

,” asks the judge.

The women and men seated in the hall stand up and crowd into a small audience hall without a dais.

Ladies and gentlemen, parents,

” announces Marie-France Carlier,

“know that here, we apply the 'parental consensus'.

Everything revolves around the interest of your children and the dialogue.

Contrary to what happens in France, the court of Dinant, in Belgium, does not impose a decision in terms of custody or alimony.

Parents decide for themselves.

In 2009, Marie-France Carlier decided to change her way of judging by imitating “the Cochem model” invented in Germany.

I saw that the slowness of justice cemented conflicts.

Many parents treated each other as adversaries, denigrated each other.

“Children…

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Source: lefigaro

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