Who can request a visit in the absence of a parent?

Family lawyer Doris Blas said the visitation regime extends to other family members in the absence of a parent who is unable to care for their children for various reasons, such as death, out-of-country residence, incarceration, or whose whereabouts are unknown.

In the episode “Family and Justice”, Blas’s lawyer explained that a family can legally request this right at the judicial level, which usually happens with grandparents who want to be close to their grandchildren.

The specialist stated that this is a very simple procedure, since the birth certificate of the child is enough to prove the blood relationship with the grandchildren, which will be enough to file a claim.

However, he acknowledged that there might be a difficulty in the matter of the procedure, which often takes some time for the judiciary to speak, but as a procedure it is short.

In the “Family and Justice” slot, he also mentioned the issue of custody, which a family member can sue if he raised a minor in the absence of parents from childhood, so that the right of possession can be suspended if one of the parents suddenly appears and tries to take the child.

In addition, Dr. Doris Blas mentioned that there is an action outside of guardianship called Exceptional Adoption, where a family member who has lived with a minor for more than two years as a result of parental abandonment may request adoption in front of Family Court. .