According to the government, it should become “easier to combine a career and a family”. She also wants to achieve a better division of responsibility for the care and upbringing of a child. The reform also takes into account the different family forms that exist.
“All parents who have custody of their child will have the same right to parental support,” said Prime Minister Sanna Marin. It does not take into account the gender of the parents, nor whether they are the biological or adoptive parents of the child.