Ruling on parental authority and contact with the child requires the court to comprehensively consider the facts of the case, concerning both the child(ren) and the parents. The interest (welfare) of the child and the interest of society should be taken into account first, not the parents (cf. Supreme Court judgment of 25.08.1981, III CRN 155/81). The court takes into account the personal qualities of the parents, their qualifications and the state of the emotional bond between them and the child, takes into account the age of the child, the fact that the child may have been raised so far by one of the parents. In the end, it resolves with the postulate that siblings should grow up together. Entrusting the exercise of parental authority to both parents means granting the rights and obligations arising from it equally to both former spouses. Thus, both have the duty and right to exercise custody of the child’s person and property and to raise the child, while respecting the child’s dignity and rights. Attributes of parental authority are both a duty of parents, while its primary purpose is a protective function towards the child. If there are no reasons to leave parental authority to both parents, the court will entrust it to one of the parents while limiting the authority of the other to certain powers over the person of the child. The limitation of parental authority in a divorce judgment is not equivalent to the limitation of parental authority involving the issuance of appropriate orders by the guardianship court when the welfare of the child is at risk. Rather, it stems from the need to clarify in which matters concerning the child the parent not entrusted with the exercise of parental authority will have the right to co-determination with the parent entrusted with the exercise of parental authority. Usually these will be the most critical issues, such as relocation, education direction, choice of school, treatment. Even leaving parental authority to both parents does not relieve the court from ruling separately on contact with the child. This is because the right of parents to maintain contact with the child does not belong to the sphere of exercising parental authority. This is an entitlement separate from parental authority, arising from the closest kinship. Contact can be maintained even if parental authority is terminated or parental authority is entrusted to one parent with the authority of the other parent limited to certain powers and duties.