C-1026 de 2004
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Reporting justice Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto
✓Claimant Andrea Vega Rodríguez Y Otras
Topics and subtopics of the ruling
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- No es el medio idóneo para declarar formalmente que norma demandada ha sido tácitamente derogada
- Necesidad de declaratoria de inconstitucionalidad por abierta contradicción con la Constitución
- Deber de cuidado personal de la crianza y educación de los hijos no puede restringirse por la filiación matrimonial
- Prevalencia sobre la inhibición
- Pronunciamiento de fondo ante vigencia dudosa de norma
Case-law reporter's summary (what was argued and decided, in prose)
Codigo civil art. 253 (parcial).
Toca de consuno a los padres o al padre o madre sobreviviente el cuidado personal de la crianza y educación de sus hijos legitimos.
Derogatoria de la norma parcialmente acusada.
La igualdad entre los hijos legitimos extramatrimoniales
What it decided
Holdings on Ley 84/73. Hard data, verified against the operative part — citable.
Operative part (Resuelve)
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- en nombre del pueblo y por mandato de la Constitución,
- RESUELVE
- Declarar INEXEQUIBLE la expresión "legítimos" contenida en el artículo 253 del Código Civil
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