Question juridique clé
Whether joint parental custody should be granted to the father
Solution extraite
No; at this time joint custody would conflict with the child's welfare because the father lacked sufficient current knowledge of the child's needs, had only recently resumed contact, and could not realistically exercise shared custody in Switzerland.
Motifs extraits
The court applied Art. 298b ZGB and held that joint custody requires at least a minimum ability to cooperate and make joint decisions in the child's life-world. Given the long gap in contact, the father's unstable residence status, and the need first to rebuild the father-son relationship through visitation, the application was premature.