Alain BENABENT - Professor & Lawyer
Sophie GAUDEMET - Professor (université Paris XI)
Hervé LECUYER - Professor (université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas)
Christophe VERNIERES - Professor (université Paris 8)
There is a second family when a child cohabites daily or occasionally with the new couple formed by one of his parents. The contemporary era presents two conflicting trends. In these circumstances, traditional views see the growing bonds between the second family and the child as harmful to the later. On the contrary, a modern perception considers these bonds as a potential enrichment. These antagonistic perspectives question the potential legal Relationship between the child and his second family.
A positive approach led to the understanding of the nature and efficiency of the legal ties (kinship and alliance) between the child and the second family. In contrast, a negative approach led to the review of the developing bonds (namely cohabitation and affection).
Ultimately, only the combination of these diverse links within a temporal dimension allows the identification of the requisite legal basis for the legal protection of the child.