Impacto de la ley de custodia compartida de la Comunidad Valenciana en las modificaciones de medida.

Impact of the Valencian Law of Joint Custody in changes in legal measures.

CUSTODY of children; JOINT custody of children; SPANISH law; LEGAL judgments; JUSTICE administration; LEGAL procedure

El propósito del presente trabajo fue el de comprobar el impacto de la ley valenciana 5/2011 de "Relaciones familiares de los hijos e hijas cuyos progenitores no conviven", a través de los procedimientos de modificación de medidas, que permiten demandar y sentenciar un cambio de guarda y custodia, si así se estimase oportuno. Para este fin, se ha realizado un análisis comparativo de todas las sentencias de este tipo de procedimientos de un Juzgado de Familia entre los años 2011 y 2012 (N = 261). En concreto, se han comparado las sentencias correspondientes al año 2011 (N = 134), año anterior a la entrada en vigor de la ley, y las del año 2012 (N = 127). De entrada, este descenso per se, ya contradice la idea de efecto de demandas masivas que se pudo presuponer a priori del cambio de ley. Además, en las motivaciones de las modificaciones demandadas de manera contenciosa del año 2012, está más presente la voluntad de modificar los gastos para con los hijos/as menores, que una coparentalidad equitativa en tiempos y recursos similares. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this work was to observe the impact of the Valencian Regional Government's Act 5/2011 on "Family relationships of children whose parents do not live together", throughout demanding processes trying to change previous judgments on custody. To do so, a comparative analysis was performed of this type of processes in a Family Court in the Valencian Region, during 2011 and 2012. Specifically, 261 processes were compared: 134 from the year before the law came into effect (2011) and 127 from the year immediately after it came into force (2012). Results showed that during the first year following the enactment of the law there was a slight decrease in the number of these demanding processes. Furthermore, contrary to expectations, the reduction of child support (versus a real co-parenting distribution of time and resources) was the main motivation presented to initiate these contested processes in 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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