Barnet i främsta rummet : En kvalitativ analys av tingsrättens domslut gällande vårdnadsöverflyttningar
(2021) SOPA63 20202School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to understand how the Swedish district court makes decisions concerning transfer of custody based on the best interest of the child, child’s will and parents rights of their child. The method for this study was a qualitative content analysis of 17 verdicts from the Swedish district courts when a child has been placed in a family home and the child custody case begins. The verdicts were from the year 2020, when the Convention on the Rights of the Child became Swedish law. Social constructionism and terms such as discours, language and power were used to analyze the verdicts. The study found that the best interest of the child varies in the verdicts depending on the situation. However, the verdicts described that... (More)
- The aim of this study was to understand how the Swedish district court makes decisions concerning transfer of custody based on the best interest of the child, child’s will and parents rights of their child. The method for this study was a qualitative content analysis of 17 verdicts from the Swedish district courts when a child has been placed in a family home and the child custody case begins. The verdicts were from the year 2020, when the Convention on the Rights of the Child became Swedish law. Social constructionism and terms such as discours, language and power were used to analyze the verdicts. The study found that the best interest of the child varies in the verdicts depending on the situation. However, the verdicts described that the best interest of the child is often about safety and nursing. The results from the study also showed that some courts pay attention to a child’s opinion and will, while some children's opinions and wills are invisible in the verdicts. Furthermore, the results showed that parents rights are not as strong as the best interest of the child. Conclusion of the study showed that the best interest of the child is a deciding factor when the district court makes a final decision about the custody, even though there is no established definition of what a child’s best interest is since it depends on the individual case. The study showed as well that a child's will is not always described by the court even though previous research explains that it is important that the court considers it. (Less)
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- author
- Groblica, Laura LU and Johansson, Beverly LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- best interest of the child, child's will, parents rights, custody
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9036911
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-20 16:52:37
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- 2021-01-20 16:52:37
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to understand how the Swedish district court makes decisions concerning transfer of custody based on the best interest of the child, child’s will and parents rights of their child. The method for this study was a qualitative content analysis of 17 verdicts from the Swedish district courts when a child has been placed in a family home and the child custody case begins. The verdicts were from the year 2020, when the Convention on the Rights of the Child became Swedish law. Social constructionism and terms such as discours, language and power were used to analyze the verdicts. The study found that the best interest of the child varies in the verdicts depending on the situation. However, the verdicts described that the best interest of the child is often about safety and nursing. The results from the study also showed that some courts pay attention to a child’s opinion and will, while some children's opinions and wills are invisible in the verdicts. Furthermore, the results showed that parents rights are not as strong as the best interest of the child. Conclusion of the study showed that the best interest of the child is a deciding factor when the district court makes a final decision about the custody, even though there is no established definition of what a child’s best interest is since it depends on the individual case. The study showed as well that a child's will is not always described by the court even though previous research explains that it is important that the court considers it.}},
author = {{Groblica, Laura and Johansson, Beverly}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Barnet i främsta rummet : En kvalitativ analys av tingsrättens domslut gällande vårdnadsöverflyttningar}},
year = {{2021}},
}