论隔代探望权的法律性质及立法构思——以江苏首例“隔代探望权”案为视角

The Legal Nature and Legislative Idea of Grandparents Visitation Right——From the Perspective of the Fist Case on “Grandparents Visitation Right” in Jiangsu Province

随着司法实践中个案的出现,"隔代探望权"制度给我国的家事立法提出了新的思考。隔代探望权应该属于法定的亲权范畴,并非是单纯的道德权和亲权的衍生品。这种亲权还应受到"子女最大利益原则"的限制。借鉴国外成熟的立法和实践经验,我国的立法宜在独生子女、农村留守儿童等特殊背景下,赋予和孙(外孙)子女建立实质关系的祖(外祖)父母以隔代探望权,并在隔代探望权制度中确立以子女为本位的立法原则,兼顾保护相关人的合法权利。

With the emergence of cases in judicial practice, grandparents visitation right system puts forward a new thinking for our family legislation. Grandparents visitation right should belong to the category of parental authority which is statutory, not the moral rights or derivative of parental authority. In addition, it should be restricted by the principle of the best interests to child. Refering to foreign mature legislation and practices, our legislation should be based on background of only child and left-behind children in rural areas and grant visitation right for grandparents,which made a substantial relationship with their grandchildren.＂Children First＂should be the legislation principle in the grandparents visitation rights system and protection of relevant people’s legal rights should be taken into consideration.