A Comparative Study of Father's Financial Rights in Iranian and French Law

The authority of father and grandfathers over the child in Iranian law has led to the recognition of various privileges enabling them to intervene in the financial affairs of the child. Iranian civil law has accepted the authority of grandfathers in parallel with the authority of father without recognizing any right of this kind for the mother of the child. Before the 1970 reform in France, the position of French civil law was the same as the current Iranian law but under the said reform, the "Paternal Power" was replaced by "Parents' contribution and cooperation" in the management of the child's property.
The present study aims to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two different ways of managing child property in Iranian and French law in order to identify the financial rules for adopting a father's presidential pattern in the family or a “parents' collective management” pattern and also to determine the extent to which the paternalistic theory of the absolute authority of the father or grandfather to manage the child’s property is based on the true interest of the child in the current era.