The Chamber of Deputies approved by majority the project of joint tenancy lawwith 53 of 91 votes coming from the three main parties of the governing coalition, the National Party, the Colorado Party and Cabildo Abierto.
The session of the lower house lasted until about 5:30 a.m.when it culminated in the approval of a law that was discussed both within and outside the coalition.
The new regulatory framework seeks guarantee joint custody of children and adolescents born to separated parents.
recognize the principle of co-responsibility under the understanding that both parents have common rights and obligations with regard to the upbringing and development of their children, regardless of the legally established tenure regime or by agreement. The purpose is indicated it is the “fair distribution” of those rights and duties.
The project modifies the Code of childhood and adolescence to make it clear that parenting corresponds to both parents. There she will say that “The separation cannot limit or affect the exercise of the rights and duties of the legal guarantee.” Also that parental authority can only be lost in the cases provided for in the Civil Code.
Either parent will be entitled to appear before the Court and request shared or alternate custody. The judge must decide “taking into account the circumstances of the case and always considering the best interests of the child or adolescent.” Based on this principle, it is indicated, the tenure regime must be established.
This Wednesday the three parties of the coalition reached an agreement to vote on the projectafter the Independent Party withdrew its vote and Ciudadanos was opposed to the bill in the Senate. “It was important to have the votes, since we knew they were very few, and we reached this last wording that left all the parties in agreement”acknowledged the lobbyist Álvaro Perrone to The Observer.
The Colorado Ope Pasquet affirmed that with the new text “there is no risk for children” and? “there is no harm to fear” before the “prudent measures” written.
The opinion of the Broad Front on the shared tenure project
The Broad Front was critical of the project throughout its voting process, and in the last session of Deputies it ignored the fact that it did not have time to study the final agreement of the coalition. From the opposition they criticized the “way” in which it had been agreed “between four walls” on issues of such sensitivity and they mentioned the questions that the previous wording received from social organizations and international organizations.
“I don’t hesitate to categorize him as the worst in the legislature”expressed the deputy Cecilia Bottino, who believes that the project “puts the integrity” of children and adolescents at risk.
