Introduction.

Custody and care are the most dynamic function within the exercise of parental authority. The objective is to show the possibility of this concession in favor of step-parents according to the implementation of the principle of the child’s fundamental interest and the protection of socio-affective relationships that emerge in assembled families, a very common type in our society; also to assess the possibility, on the same basis, that communication between child and step-parent would be facilitated when the assembled family bond is dissolved.

Methods.

Logical-historical, theoretical-juridical, exegetical-analytical.

Results.

The step-parent’s custody function and the step-child-step-parent possibility of communication make up the personal content of the adult couple relationship, whether formal or not. The basic support for these decisions is the supremacy of affection in the family relationship. This feeling is based on commitment and devotion to the upbringing of the boy, girl, and adolescent, thus ensuring their benefit. The long-standing social bias against assembled families ought to be tackled, thus broadening the spectrum of parental relationships and defining specific roles for the Cuban step-parent.

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