Mexican Supreme Court of Justice rules: "a mother has no more right than a father to the custody of their children"

(Link in spanish)

http://fernanda-familiar.com/noticias/scjn-determina-que-una-madre-no-tiene-mas-derechos-que-el-padre-sobre-los-hijos/

Corrected Google Translation:

"The First Chamber of the National Supreme Court of Justice (NSCJ) found that being a woman does not give the mother more right to get the custody of the child than the father, even if it’s a girl.

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Unanimously on a proposal from the Minister Arturo Zaldivar, the First Chamber concluded that it's a stereotype thinking that women are the most apt and suitable to care for children.

The sentence of the Supreme Court was given at the end of a child custody dispute between a father and a mother of a 10 year old girl.

The First Collegiate Court in Civil Matters , located in the State of Mexico, granted custody to the mother, because she is a woman . The court argued that the mother is the most apt to care for the child because they share the same gender.

In reviewing the amparo, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court. Ministers concluded that both the mother and the father are equally capable handle and care for children.

They noted that in judgments of child custody it is the duty of the judges to analyze the principle of equality between men and women.

The goal is to eliminate the gender bias that puts the mother above the rights of the father to the children.

The sentence stresses that the judge must find that children live in the environment most conducive to their integral personal development, protecting the best interests of the children."