Key legal question
Whether custody and parental authority over the child should be awarded to the mother or the father
Extracted holding
The mother was properly awarded parental authority and custody because the child’s stability and best interests were better served by maintaining the existing living arrangement.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal court did not ignore essential factors: both parents had adequate parenting abilities, the child was well, the mother better promoted the other parent’s image, and the current arrangement had been functioning for over a year and a half. The Federal Supreme Court found no arbitrariness.