Health booklets and shared custody
Last checked: November 2026
One booklet, two homes
With only one paper booklet, finding information can be difficult when it is in the other home. The booklet should be available for consultations and its contents are confidential: Service Public — using the health booklet.
The ideas below are organisational suggestions, not legal custody rules. Follow the parental-authority arrangements and decisions applicable to your situation.
Organise access to the original
- Agree on a known place to keep the booklet and how to hand it over before an appointment.
- After a consultation, tell the other parent about useful new information and return the booklet to the agreed place.
- If you choose to keep copies, check that they are legible and distinguish them from the original.
- Restrict access to the people concerned. The booklet contains confidential information.
These habits do not replace discussions with the doctor. For confidentiality and access principles, see Service Public.
Sharing in Carnet vivant
Carnet vivant is a personal tool where parents check every entry against its source page. From the child's record, the creating parent can invite a co-parent or guardian by email. After accepting the invitation and signing in, the invited person accesses the same record and can add documents and entries.
Sharing covers the child's record, not a few selected lines: invite only someone authorised to see this information. The creating parent can revoke that access. Deleting something from a shared record also affects what the other parent can see; keep the paper original.
An organisational aid, not an official booklet
Carnet vivant notes and exports do not replace the official booklet or the doctor's certificates. They do not determine each parent's rights or replace necessary conversations between homes and healthcare professionals.
Sources
This guide is for information only. For any question about your child's health, ask your doctor.