The right to live in a family and the subsidiarity of adoption in the light of the best interests of the childs

Abstract

Adoption rates in Chile, in relation to the number of children placed in alternative care systems, are considerably low. Although there are a multiplicity of factors that motivate the previous situation, one that we consider of particular relevance, is linked to a mistaken interpretation of the principle of subsidiarity of adoption; according to which, the right of the parents is privileged, over the right of the children to live and be raised in the bosom of a family, which we consider to be in contravention of their superior interest. The objective of this article is to analyze the child’s right to live in a family and the principle of subsidiarity of adoption, in the light of the best interests of the child.

JEL CODE / CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: K36, D1