De facto unions between same-sex couples.
Notary Public 68 of Bogota, located in Ciudad Kennedy in Bogotá, offers and has already held several de facto unions between same-sex couples. Within our special services for these unions, is that our notary Dr. Jorge Hernando Rico Grillo can go to where the couple wishes to perform contracting union.

On July 24, 2013, for the first time a judge declared civil marriage to a same-sex couple implying that judges can grant full civil rights of marriage to same-sex couple.

On 30 July 2014, the Council of State recognized the right of persons of any class, race, sexual orientation, etc., to form freely and autonomous family, to make way for effective protection and guarantees that respects the rights of people in a true and real equal footing, that is, the possibility of forming a family with being you want in order to protect biological children, adopted or foster, in a scenario of solidarity and support permanent and mutual. Requirements and documents for the union in the Notary Public 68 for same-sex couples are the same as the requirements for civil marriage:

FREE UNION BY A NOTARY PUBLIC

Legal basis: Decree No. 2668 of December 26, 1988.

REQUIREMENTS ( Please be aware that one of the two has to be a Colombian National)

COLOMBIAN NATIONALITY

SINGLES

- Fill out and submit the application form concerned.

- Append birth certificates of valid contracting parties to prove kinship, issued in advance of no more than (3) months at the request of marriage.

- Photocopy of the certificates of applicants.

Note: The application must be submitted personally by the interested parties or failing to grant special power to make such an application with attachments and / or the marriage.

SINGLE WITH CHILDREN

Besides the above must attach:

-Record civil birth (years) son (s) to proceed to its legitimacy.

SINGLES WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER UNION

If the children are minors must provide writing formal inventory of goods. (Process in family courts or before a notary public), if they are over the birth record.

Remarriage AND / OR FORMER UNION OR DEATH OF SPOUSE.

- They must append the civil registration of birth and marriage of the spouse with notes of divorce and liquidation of the conjugal union.

- If marital union declared judicially, attach birth certificate with the respective annotations.

- If the spouse is deceased, the death record.

- If there are minor children from another marriage or former marriage, you must provide writing formal inventory of goods. (Process in family courts or before a notary public),

MARRYING TO A FOREIGNER.

A. For the same national documents referred to in paragraph 1.

B. For Foreign civil record of birth of person getting married, issued in advance not to exceed three (3) months from the date of application of marriage, with proper translation and apostille, if necessary and the corresponding seal certificate, marriage certificate or equivalent Visa and any class or category or permit entry and stay issued by the DAS

With the above documentation, interested parties who deliberately fill out the application form are presented. If one of the parties can not attend, you must give special power either to submit the application and documentation, and / or to the marriage.

PROCEDURE:

Given that one party is abroad, notary sends an edict to the competent civil registry official birthplace abroad, which will be posted for five (5) business days.

Once the term of the notice is posted, the competent official returns it to the notary. Notary also fixed for the term of 5 working days the corresponding edict and after taken of post has not taken any notice of opposition, the date of the hearing of civil marriage celebration will be indicated.

Notary can not guarantee any term or date for the celebration of the marriage hearing until they are fully stocked consular procedures, because depending on the recipient country's edict, this may entail a period according to recorded history ranges from between 1 to 6 months.

The procedure is fill your Notary Public through the nearest Consulate to the appropriate office.

IF NOT either party to appear in person:

LAW OF LEGAL BASIS 57/90, amending Law 57 of 1,887

You must give special power to submit the application and furnish the documentation, also within the text to express who is single (a) and not have children and whether it also provides for the marriage. It is very important to indicate the name of the man or woman who has held the marriage.