Facts
[A.] (born 1971; appellant) and [B.] (born 1980; respondent) were married on 16 May 2008 and are the parents of [C.] (born 2010). On 1 January 2014, the spouses terminated their joint household, and the Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland dissolved their marriage by decision of 20 September 2016. The Cantonal Court of Bern decided on 28 September 2017 partially in favour of the appellant, granting him a right of contact with the daughter. The regulation of parental responsibility, personal contact, and child and post-marital maintenance were disputed before the Federal Court.Considerations
The Federal Court held that the Cantonal Court rightly transferred sole parental responsibility to the respondent, as there is a serious and persistent conflict between the parents, and they are persistently incapable of communicating on matters concerning the child. The arrangement of personal contact between the father and daughter, which is initially to take place only in the form…