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Nicaragua
Sanctions
Family
Code
The
National
Assembly
of
Nicaragua
sanctioned
the
first
Family
Code
in
national
history
that
brings
pivotal
changes
to
social
relations
and
the
cultural
viewpoint
of
the
people,
assured
MP
Wilfredo
Navarro.
Among
the
Magna
Carta
additions
stand
out
18
years
as
legal
age
for
both
male
and
female
adulthood,
erasing
the
former
gender
disparity,
establishes
shared
obligation
among
parents,
children
and
siblings,
sets
up
family
courts
to
settle
such
disputes,
and
defends
of
the
rights
of
women,
children
and
seniors
and
people
with
impairments.
Legislator
Xochilt
Ocampo
reminds
that
Nicaragua
has
a
Civil
Code
from
1904
which
covers
some
family
issues
but
the
newly
approved
package
grants
options
like
co-ownership
or
pre-nuptial
contracts
and
divorce
settlement
in
court.
Marta
Marina
Gonzalez,
president
of
the
Commission
on
Womenâ�Ös
Affairs,
Child,
Youth
and
Family,
said
the
new
Law
boosts
family
conciliation,
harmony
and
equality
regardless
of
gender,
age,
capacities,
etc,
and
called
key
to
facilitate
studies
completion
to
underage
pregnants
to
avoid
their
exclusion
and
parental
duty
to
cover
for
their
children
maintenance.
Lawmaker
Brooklyn
Rivera
extolled
the
Codeâ�Ös
observance
of
Indigenous
and
African
cultural
features
in
Nicaragua
and
their
own
family
traditions,
integration
to
the
community
and
bracing
of
their
social
structure.
Irma
Davila,
president
of
the
NA
Justice
and
Legal
Affairs
Commission,
said
the
Code
restores
human
rights
foundations
in
speaking
of
values
like
respect
and
solidarity. |
