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A three-year-old child will live one week with his father and one week with his mother. By judgment 1266/2026 of the Single-Member Court of Appeal of Thessaloniki, the appeal of the father, represented by our law office, was upheld. The Court of Appeal set aside the first-instance judgment that had granted sole custody to the mother and awarded custody to both parents jointly, with the child alternating residence week by week. Holidays and vacations are split equally, while the parent who does not have the child in a given week sees him every Tuesday and Thursday.

What the Court held:

  • Since Law 4800/2021, joint exercise of parental responsibility is the rule. Sole custody for one parent requires a serious reason, and mere disagreement between the parents is not enough.
  • The young age of the child does not, on its own, give the mother priority. The parents are equal.
  • The fact that the mother temporarily had custody under an interim measures ruling does not mean that this arrangement becomes permanent.
  • Bitterness over the separation concerns the relationship between the spouses, not their ability as parents. The child “is not the spoils” of their dispute.

Our office, acting for the father, handled the case from the very beginning, from the interim measures to the appeal, with close and continuous follow-up at every stage.

You can read the judgment here, anonymised:

Thessaloniki Court of Appeal judgment 1266/2026 (anonymised)Λήψη