In this new post we bring you an interesting interview that I have been able to conduct, as a collaborator of Diario de Mediación, with the magistrate Pascual Ortuño, a pioneer in the application of parentality coordination in Spain.
It is one of the results of my active participation in the organization and development of the I International Congress on Parentality Coordination in Barcelona, held last November 23rd and 24th and organized by Ancopa, as a lawyer specialized in parental coordination.
I would like to thank both Ancopa and Diario de Mediación for the opportunity to learn and exchange knowledge with so many professionals from different disciplines. If you want to know more about what is parental coordination in case of conflictive divorces with the presence of minors, we provide you with this explanatory post.
What is parental coordination?
During the different interventions of Pascual, magistrate of the Provincial Court of Barcelona and pioneer of parental coordination in our country, he assured that his role has been limited to observing what was happening in other countries and adapting it to the case of Spain.
After seeing in first person different cases of high conflict, he assured that it generates “frustration” not to be able to solve the problems of these families.
Thus, he commented that the legal means available to judges are not sufficient in the face of certain concerns that are difficult to overcome, and observed that in other countries they acted more as a team, in such a way that judges had the collaboration of other professionals.
In short, there were methods such as parental coordination, where an expert can talk to each other and use techniques to try to resolve the situation. As to what professional profile should fulfill this role, he commented that what should prevail is experience with families in crisis, and that it can be pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, educators, lawyers, social workers… The range of university studies is wide, but one must have specific experience and training, as it is a very complicated area, full of blocking situations. It should be borne in mind, he commented, that
in Spain there are approximately 2,600 or 2,700 cases susceptible to parental coordination intervention and that, therefore, it is worth investing in parental coordination, given that this affects large nuclei, with 8 or 10 people involved in each of these cases: children, parents, grandparents… “If a building is on fire, is it worth saving a child?”
And the answer is, of course, yes. “Our society is very judicialized and society must equip itself with its own negotiation mechanisms.” If you need help from a lawyer specialized in parental coordination in Barcelona, contact us.
