FAMILY LAW IN COLOMBIA

In Colombia passport for a minor child can be

Obtained with only one parent's consent

But to the departure of the country need of the company of both parent's.

The crime of internacional parental abduction is covered in the Colombian penal code.

With circumstances that can increase or reduce the punishment.

Colombia does not consider international parental kidnapping as an extraditable offense.

If a parent wishes to prevent the issuace of a passport to their minor child

He or she must submit a request to the Ministerio de la Protección Social, (ICBF)

If ICBF concurs with the parent's request, it Will notify the Colombian passport office to place a hold on issuace of a passport to the minor child.

In Colombia, family court judges handle divorcie and CUSTODY cases.

In cases involving the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction

Recent legislation by the Colombian congress has placed jurisdiction with family courts as well.

In Colombia, married parents share Equal rights of custody to their minor child.

If a father acknowledges on a child's brith certificate Tha he is father, then he shares equal custody rights with the mother.

A father who has acknowledges paternity may seek assistance from administrative or judicial authorities from a remedy if the mother interferes with His rights to custody or visitation.

The Colombia constitution provides that a child born abroad to a Colombia the parent's acquires

Colombian citizenship once the birth Is registered in a consular office

If a child Is born un Colombian, citizenship automatically as long as one parent Is a Colombian national.