They enact a law that will facilitate the adoption of children and adolescents in Bolivia
At least 5,678 children and adolescents are in different reception centers in the country waiting for a family
The President of the State, Luis Arce Catacora, promulgated this Thursday the modifying law of procedural abbreviation to facilitate the adoption of at least 5,678 children and adolescents who are in different reception centers in Bolivia and that guarantees the restitution of the human right to have a family.
"Our Government supports and executes public policies with priority for the benefit of our children , this is one of them and we are happy to enact this law that will bring institutionalized children closer to the right to have a family," said Arce.
The norm that modifies articles of Law N ° 548 of the Child and Adolescent Girl Code was prepared by the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency to allow fast and safe adoption processes.
The president added that before the new rule an adoption process lasted up to more than four years ; however, with this modification it should only take three months.
He asked that the adoptive home guarantee a good education for the children, so some requirements were balanced for the parents.
He pointed out that the norm was a promise of an electoral campaign, which is fulfilled after having listened to the demands of parents on their departmental tours and on April 12, when he visited the Carlos Villegas Orphanage, on Children's Day.
For her part, Ruth Acochiri, vice president of the Association of Adoptive Families, said she was happy about the enactment of the law that guarantees the right to family for children who are defenseless and need a hug in reception centers.
"We have the need to fight for boys and girls, with them the promulgation is given, which is a historic milestone, there are more than a thousand families who want to adopt," he said.
According to information from the Ministry of Justice, the modifications are aimed at aspects such as the requirements regarding the age of the applicants for adoption, which rose to 60 years; the control and monitoring of the Ministry to the processes of judicial filiation and extinction of paternal and / or maternal authority of girls, boys and adolescents in institutional care.
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