Joint custody in the light of bioethics and biolaw

Abstract Family is the founding basis of society and the best place for the education and growth of children. Divorce is deleterious to children’s health, mainly impacting their mental health and school performance, in addition to having impacts on adulthood. Living both with the father and the mother for an equal period of time after divorce – joint custody – guarantees empirically proven benefits to the physical and psychological well-being of children. However, judicial decisions decree joint custody in less than a third of separations. By analyzing ethical and moral controversies in the interrelation of legal sciences and health sciences, biolaw makes bioethics effective. Thus, it is discussed that family lawsuits should follow multidisciplinary criteria that consider children as vulnerable subjects who need protection.家庭是社会的构成基础，亦是儿童接受教育与成长的最优场所。离婚有损于儿童健康，主要波及其心理健康与学业表现，且会对其成年后的发展产生影响。离婚后与父母双方各自生活同等时长的监护模式——共同监护（joint custody）——经实证证明，可为儿童的身心健康福祉带来切实益处。然而，司法裁判中裁定采用共同监护的分居案件占比不足三分之一。通过分析法学与健康科学相互关联中的伦理与道德争议，生物法学（biolaw）可推动生物伦理学（bioethics）落地生效。因此，有观点主张，家庭诉讼应遵循多学科评判标准，将儿童视为需要保护的弱势主体。