C-371 de 1994
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Reporting justice José Gregorio Hernández Galindo
✓Claimant Carlos Fradique Mendez
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- en nombre del pueblo y por mandato de la Constitución,
- RESUELVE:
- Decláranse EXEQUIBLES las expresiones "...sancionarlos moderadamente", contenidas en el artículo 262 del Código Civil, tal como quedó redactado según el artículo 21 del Decreto 2820 de 1974, pero de las sanciones que apliquen los padres y las personas encargadas del cuidado personal de los hijos estará excluída toda forma de violencia física o moral, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en los artículos 12, 42 y 44 de la Constitución Política.
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