On February 26, 2025, the parliamentary committee on constitutional and legal affairs approved, on the first reading, the three draft bills regarding shared parenting, which were introduced in December 2024. This represents an important milestone in the efforts to ensure equal parental rights after divorce or separation. Shared parenting aims to provide a healthy and balanced environment for the development of children, ensuring their right to have meaningful relationships with both parents!

Leading lawyers, specialists with long-standing experience and organizations engaged in the protection of children's rights presented their opinions in support of the adoption of the proposed bills. Among them are lawyer Milena Kadieva, founder and executive director of the "DA- United Against Violence" Foundation, lawyer Yordanka Bekirska from the specialized family and international law firm "Bekirska & Partners," lawyers Plamen Borisov, Miglena Baljieva and Karlo Lukhanov, Slavi Nestorov - founder of the "For Shared Parenting" Foundation, Desislava Avdzhieva, Ivana Tocheva and others. The initiative also received support from key institutions working to protect children's interests, including the State Agency for Child Protection and the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

The three draft bills are expected to be reviewed in the plenary hall, where the deputies will decide whether Bulgaria will take the decisive step toward reforming the Family Code. The expected changes will ensure that children of separated parents will not be deprived of the presence and support of both parents!