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ES If my parents are divorced and one of them owes me a monthly maintenance payment, but refuses because I am LGBT, what can I do?
Child support should cover children up to the age of 21 or 25, if you are still in education and cannot support yourself. If you are refused, you can start an enforceable maintenance proceeding to make the person who is obliged to pay the maintenance payment fulfil his or her obligations.
If we have a daughter, son or daughter who was not conceived by my partner and I, but he or she decided to take care of it, can I sue him or her for maintenance?
If the child has your partner as the father or mother in the civil registry of birth, you can, on behalf of your son, daughter or son, apply for the fixing and payment of a maintenance contribution. Since Law 2388 of 2024, which recognised foster families, if the cohabitation lasted for [...]
How do I sue my partner for maintenance?
The first step is to attempt a conciliation to set a maintenance quota with your partner. If conciliation is not possible, you can file a maintenance claim against him or her. In addition, if you have already fixed a maintenance quota and your partner or ex-partner fails to pay it and is able to do so, you can start an enforcement procedure [...].
Does the maintenance claim also apply to LGBT couples?
Yes, maintenance obligations also exist between same-sex partners and therefore enforcement actions such as criminal complaints for failure to provide maintenance and the setting of a maintenance quota are also applicable. Note: Between partners (when there is marriage or common-law marriage), maintenance can be requested when [...]
