If you have been an important caregiver for a child for years, for example as a new partner, you may have the right to maintain contact even after a relationship has ended.
The classic model of life - father, mother, child - no longer reflects the reality of life for everyone. Many people live in a colorful and functional blended family. And there is no need for a marriage or blood relationship for stepparents to become important contact persons for children.
But what if such a couple split up after ten years, for example, and the stepparent should now completely disappear from the child's life? Especially when the offspring has grown up with the new girlfriend and there is a close bond between them. Then it would be in the interests of both to keep in touch.
Patrick O. Kainz and Theresa Kamp from Law and Beyond explain in the following video what the right of contact for a third person - this also applies to grandparents - and why the well-being of the child comes first in this case as well:
