Joint Parental Authority: A Comparative Legal Study on the Continuation of Joint Parental Authority after Divorce and the Breaku

This book provides a comparative legal study of the concept and content of joint parental authority after divorce and the breakup of a relationship in Dutch and Danish law. In addition, the Principles Regarding Parental Responsibilities which have been drafted by the Commission on European Family Law (CEFL) are taken into account. The knowledge provided by this study serves various purposes. First, it contributes to the ongoing debate concerning the convergence of family law in Europe and the related discussions concerning the desirability and feasibility of its harmonization. It also provides inspiration for national debates concerning the construction and content of joint parental authority and contact. Finally, Joint Parental Authority offers a micro-comparative study of the family law systems of Denmark and The Netherlands, which to date has never been the subject of a direct comparison.

Christina Jeppesen de Boer is University assistant lecturer and researcher in comparative family law, University of Utrecht, Molengraaff Institute for Private Law associated with the UCERF (Utrecht Centre for European Research into Family Law. She is also part of the research programme Family & Law and a member of the Research School IUS COMMUNE. She studied law at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark 1987-1993 during which period in 1992-1993 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She worked as an attorney-at-law in Copenhagen till 1999 being admitted to the Danish Bar in 1998. She simultaneously taught family- and inheritance law at the University of Copenhagen. After moving to the Netherlands in 1999 she worked shortly as an international tax advisor for Ernst & Young, Amsterdam. In 2001 she started her PhD research at the University of Utrecht. After defending her PhD in 2008 she continued to work for the University, teaching and researching comparative family law.