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Book 4 · Family law  ›  Title 5 · Parental custody › Section 1696

Amendment of judicial decisions and of court-approved settlements

(1) The decision on the right of custody or of contact or a court-approved settlement is to be amended if this is appropriate for sound reasons which affect the interests of the child in the long term. Decisions in accordance with section 1626a (2) may be altered in accordance with section 1671 (1); section 1671 (4) applies accordingly. Section 1678 (2), section 1680 (2), as well as section 1681 subsections (1) and (2), remain unaffected thereby.

(2) A measure under sections 1666 to 1667 or another provision of the Civil Code, which may only be taken if this is necessary to avert a danger to the child’s best interests or which is in the child’s best interests (measure under the law on child protection) is to be repealed if there is no longer a danger to the best interests of the child or the measure is no longer necessary.

(3) An order under section 1632 (4) is to be reversed on application of the parents if the best interests of the child would not be endangered by the child’s removal from the foster carer.

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