“探望权”若干问题的研究

Research on Some Issues of “Visiting Right”

我国新修改的《婚姻法》中探望权的规定,实际为《民法通则》监护权制度相关内容的明确,其性质为权利义务的结合,而不是法律所明定的一项“新权利”。故父母不仅有探望的权利,也有探望的义务,孩子也享有探望权。考究其立法目的,应扩大享有探望权的主体范围。但探望权的本质为父或母与子女的感情交流,其实现属于道德调整的内容,法律在此止步。对探望权行使的障碍可依法进行排除。为了子女的利益,一方可依法中止另一方在一定期间内行使探望权,但必须具备法定事由和法定程序,并不得滥用中止探望权。

The stipulation of visiting right in the newly revised Marriage Law is to specify the related issues in tutelary system. Instead of being a new rightin law, it is a combination of right and duty. That is, parents not only have the right to visit their children, but also the duty to do so. And so do theirchildren. Considering the intention of the law, we need to expand the range of the main body who enjoy the visiting right. Visiting right is, by nature, an emotional communication between parents and their children. It is a matter of ethics, not of law. In the benefit of the child, one party can prohibit the other party from performing his visiting right, but he must do it following the law and the specified procedures. Any abuse of the right is not allowed.