2024-09-16 00:20:36
The Osorno Family Court issued a ruling on multi-parenting, leaving a child registered with two fathers.
He “best interest of the child” led Judge Verónica Vymazal, of the Family Court of Osorno, in the Los Lagos Region, to issue a ruling a sentence of pluriparenthoodthrough which it authorized that a minor be registered with a mother and two fathers on his or her birth certificate.
This was explained by the magistrate herself, who stated that made the decision after holding an interview with the childfollowing the paternity challenge lawsuit filed in court.
According to reports, the child’s biological father filed the appeal after realizing that the child was actually his son and not the mother’s partner’s. with the purpose of including him on the birth certificate and erasing the name of the other individual who had legally recognized him.
The child, his two dads and multi-parenting
In order to make a decision that would benefit the minor, Judge Vymazal met with him, at which time “He described that he had two dads: one father he identifies as his foster father and another blood father.“, pointing to the existence of multiple parents.
“He had a relationship, a connection, visits with both of them, both contributed to the child’s life and he pointed out that in his resume or birth certificate – which he calls a resume – He wanted both of them to be recognized as his parents.“, the judge explained.
Given this situation, the judge made the decision to authorize that the child be registered with a mother and two fathers on your birth certificate.
In this regard, he assured that the best interest of the minor “is satisfied with the legal recognition of pluriparenthoodestablishing in his birth certificate that the plaintiff is also his father, together with the foster father, recognition that ensures his comprehensive development and ties.”
According to the details of the court’s resolution, “in Chile, Until a few years ago, biological identity prevailed over any other link.which has been changing in recent years.” This is how “the concept of social-affectivity has emerged (…) generating a psychological and affective reality that grants a possession of the status of son and father between people without biological ties. This has led to legal processes that aim at the legal recognition of these ties.”