Desperate for some help please! Does anyone know anything about family law in Sweden?

[Swifey]

My brother has lived there for about six years, and has a job there. His dp has thrown him out, and is being very tricky about him seeing their ds (who is 3 and has Downs). Although my db has a job, it is very flexible and he can work from home a lot. He has been the primary carer for a while and is heartbroken not to see his ds. His 'd'p has practically moved another man in (he was there the day after they broke up!) and has left his wife and three dc! My db doesn't want to upset 'd'p as she holds all the cards in relation to his ds. Does anyone know the law in relation to rights over dc? Db and his dp are not married. Any help would be very gratefully received. Tia.

It sounds like they are not married. Can he not just move back home? If they rent together or own together in most countries until you sort out the finances you both have a right to live at home.

She won't let him move back in, and the lease is in her name. She also has two older children who live there, who db is missing too, having been their father for nearly 7 years. He doesn't want to force his dp to let him stay, because their ds has Down's and gets very upset with any kind of disagreement. The problem is that she won't let his see his ds very much. I just wondered what the law is about access or joint custody.

Does anyone know if there is the equivalent of a citizens advice bureau in Sweden?

He will probably have some kinds of rights to see his step children I would imagine under Swiss law as he has lived with them for 7 years (and of course to see his own child who has down's). Sweden is probably more likely than the UK to give men and women equal rights but probably like most countries preserves the status quo which means if there is a lot of delay it can get harder to get large amounts of contact so I think he should deal with it urgently - ask his partner to agree contact and the children to live with him half the time or whatever and if she will not then make an emergency application for contact. As bb says above however he really should speak to a Swedish lawyer even if he just pays them for 30 minutes of their time just to know what he ought to be doing.

If this link is to Sweden www.domstol.se/Funktioner/English/Matters/Family/Parents-and-children/ it seems to suggest there is a concilatory process first (much like the UK) where you try to reach agreement and only if all else fails do you go to court.