Adoption by gay couples in colombia

Same sex couples can and frequently adopt children in Colombia The Constitutional Court of Colombia in a landmark decision in stated that there can be no difference between heterosexual couples and same-sex couples in the adoption process. Photo: Colombia Diversa.

Gay couples gained the right to marry inbut only after Congress for years on end failed to approve of legislation that would regulate gay rights in the country. The high court paved the way for Wednesday's decision last year when it authorized adoption rights for gay couples in which one member is a biological parent.

Colombia court bars gay couples from adopting babies by Adriaan Alsema Feb 19, The court announced its initial decision on Twitter. With Wednesday's decision, Colombia joins only a handful of nations in Latin America, including Uruguay and Argentina, in allowing same-sex couples to adopt.

The gay rights group stressed that gay couples in effect are able to adopt children as long as this request is filed by one of the partners. Follow on Spotify. Allows same-sex adoption within Colombia and internationally.

Colombia High Court Rules

However, it is indebted to equality due to its decision on joint adoption. Hoy en Colombia, las personas solteras o casadas pueden presentarse legalmente como candidatos a adoptar sin importar cual sea su orientación sexual o identidad de género.

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The inability to vote on the subject allowed a Constitutional Court ruling that granted gay couples the right to get married if Congress was unable to vote. The gay rights group stressed that gay couples in effect are able to adopt children as long as this request is filed by one of the partners.

The court was asked to rule on gay adoption after a lesbian couple unsuccessfully had tried to become the legal parents of a child that had been conceived by one of the women through IVF. The court consolidated the right to adopt the biological son or daughter of the partner in all cases.

For gay couples to obtain the right of adopt, Colombia’s gay minority would have to resort to Congress, which over the past few years has failed to create new laws for the predominantly Christian country. This decision makes Colombia the sixteenth country in the world, to allow adoption by same-sex couples.

The Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled to lift the country’s existing restriction on LGBT adoption and a gay couples’ right to adopt.