Civil unions in Uruguay
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On January 1, 2008, Uruguay became the first Latin American country to have a national civil union law, titled Ley de Unión Concubinaria.
Following the approval of a bill proposed by Senator Margarita Percovich of the Broad Front coalition in November 2007, both same-sex and opposite-sex couples will be allowed to enter into a civil union (unión concubinaria) after they live together for at least five years, and will be entitled to most of the benefits that married couples are afforded, including social security entitlements, inheritance rights and joint ownership of goods and property.[1]
The bill was passed in Congress on 30 November 2007 after having been passed in a similar form in the Senate earlier in February 2007; the bill was passed by both chambers in the same form on December 19 [2] and signed into law by president Tabaré Vázquez on December 27. [3] It came into effect on 1 January 2008.[4]
A government-backed bill allowing same-sex couples to adopt children was discussed in the national parliament in the spring of 2008.[5]
On May 25, 2009 Senator Percovich says if Broad Front wins the national elections in October 2009 it will introduce a same-sex marriage bill.[6]
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- ^ (Spanish) PREGUNTAS FRECUENTES SOBRE LA LEY DE UNIÓN CONCUBINARIA, Colectivo Ovejas Negras
- ^ Gay News From 365Gay.com
- ^ Uruguay's President grants legal rights for gay couples- from Pink News- all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News
- ^ Gay News From 365Gay.com
- ^ Uruguay: avanza un proyecto para que los gays puedan adoptar
- ^ Uruguayan Socialists Prepare "Homosexual Marriage" Legislation
