Right to know the Biological order in Adoption: Axes for a Reform in the Nicaraguan Legal System

Abstract

This article entitled “Right to Know the Biological origin in adoption: Axes for a reform in the Nicaraguan legal system” responds to the qualitative, non-experimental method, under a transversal documentary-bibliographic level. Its general objective is to analyze the doctrinal sources of the right to origin in adoption and regulation in the laws of Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, with the purpose to identify the axes that can promote a reform of family laws in Nicaragua. In the article, an approach is madeof the study of institutions as they are; Family Law, Biological and Adoptive Affiliation, the Right of the Adopted to know their Biological Origin, and on this last right, also a condensed analysis is made about the experience of Comparative Law of Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. In conclusion, it was found that Nicaragua does not have conservation, access, or search procedure for biological origins, therefore, it is necessary for the State of Nicaragua to reform diverse norms of the Nicaraguan legal system, including the Children and Adolescents Code and the Family Code.