Estudio comparado y socio – jurídico de la unión de hecho desde el caso ecuatoriano con los países de América Latina y/o la Unión Europea – Letonia

Abstract

The Union of Fact in Ecuador as well as in the countries of Latin America, the European Union; they have undergone changes in their legislations. Latvia, belonging to the European Union, has not had changes in its legislation; maintaining strong conservative roots where only marriage between men and women is recognized as the only form of family, while in our country since the Constitutional reform of 2008, heterosexual and homosexual unions are recognized, who also enjoy the same rights that gives them marriage except for adoption, allowed only to heterosexual couples in fact union. The study of this topic is of a socio-juridical nature to evaluate changes that have emerged from this legal concept, for which 20 surveys applied to national lawyers in the professional practice are developed, with knowledge in the area of family law, using a questionnaire to demonstrate the normative changes that The Union of Fact has had in Ecuador, its social and moral impact, the acceptance of the Church and the influence of international legislations.