Act No. 996, 4 April 1988.
Annu Rev Popul Law
; 16: 61, 1989.
Article
in En
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PIP: This Act amends the Bolivian Family Code in the following ways, among others: 1) it adds to the Code the language that "All family members will enjoy equal legal treatment in the regulation of marital relations and filiation, as well as in the exercise of parental authority and in other similar situations; all discriminatory reference or criterion incompatible with the essential value and dignity of human beings will be eliminated"; 2) it requires the person celebrating the marriage to read to the spouses provisions of the Family Code relating to the equality of the spouses, their common rights, and community property; 3) it provides that a spouse in a situation of need after a divorce has been granted on the ground of more than 2 years' separation has a right to support; 4) it provides that, upon divorce, minor children are to remain under the authority of the parent who offers greater guarantees for their care and moral and material interests, with the other spouse contributing to support in accordance with his or her means in a manner indicated by a judge; previously, children under 7 years old, in general, remained under the authority of their mothers, and older children remained under the authority of their fathers; 5) it sets a statute of limitations of 5 years for challenging the recognition of a child; 6) it authorizes a court to declare maternal, as well as paternal filiation; and 7) it eliminates as a specific means of disproving paternity the fact that the mother had sexual relations with another person at the time of conception.^ieng
Key words
Americas; Behavior; Bolivia; Child Rearing; Child Support; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Divorce; Economic Factors; Extramarital Sex Behavior; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Policy; Family Relationships; Filiation; Latin America; Laws And Statutes; Marriage; Microeconomic Factors; Nuptiality; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Separation; Sex Behavior; Sex Discrimination; Social Discrimination; Social Policy; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; South America; Spousal Support; Time Factors; Women's Status
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prejudice
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Time Factors
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Women's Rights
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Divorce
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Family
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Marriage
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Child Care
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Family Planning Policy
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Economics
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Extramarital Relations
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Bolivia
Language:
En
Journal:
Annu Rev Popul Law
Year:
1989
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United States