Important amendments to the family law in the bill to reform the civil and commercial codes of Argentina 2012

Authors

  • Graciela Medina Universidad de Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/peryfa.2013.n2.433

Keywords:

Family, Family Law, Civil Code Reform, Reforms, Amendments to the Family Law, Adoption, Marital Property Regime, Domestic Partnership, Divorce, Parentage

Abstract

The Bill to unify the Civil and Commercial Code drafted by the commission appointed by Presidential Decree Nº 211 ofFebruary 23, 2011 contains majorreforms to Family Law, which we propase to list in this article. The most important ones are: changing traditional names. The explicit dwindling of personal responsibilities of marriage, including the weakening of the duties of fidelity and moral support. No1ault divorce. The regulation of cohabitation called domestic partnership. The establishment of responsibilities of step-parents. The acceptance of a third type of filiation. Filiation of a child born of assisted procreation. The possibility of prenuptial agreement. The establishment of a new, more complex, adoption procedure, with more actors and prevailing role of the administrative body. Family proceedings rules

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Author Biography

Graciela Medina, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Presidenta de la Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones Civil y Comercial Federal de la República de Argentina. Profesora de Derecho Civil de la Universidad de Buenos Aires UBA.

Published

2013-12-30

How to Cite

Medina, G. (2013). Important amendments to the family law in the bill to reform the civil and commercial codes of Argentina 2012. Persona Y Familia, 1(2), 71–101. https://doi.org/10.33539/peryfa.2013.n2.433