The Chamber of Deputies declared a modification of the Civil Code to be urgent and approved it after one reading. The modification recognizes what are called “free unions” to have the same legal rights as marriages carried out by a judge or by the churches. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Lucia Medina Sanchez, explained that the legislation also establishes that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
As reported in 7 Dias.com, the chairman of the Justice Commission, Henry Meran, said the new Civil Code stipulates that children who are born outside of marriage have the right to inheritance and also includes protection against conjugal violence. Some 379 pages containing 2498 articles are all part of the Civil Code revisions.
20 April 2017
