Evolution of divorce in notarial headquarters in Ecuador and in the Latin notarial system

Abstract

The following article addresses a problem that currently takes on great significance and that affects society. In this sense, the objective of this work is to analyze the current legal and procedural framework of divorce in notarial headquarters with children, the change of doctrinal conception, in requirements, duration, legal conditions, as well as the expansion of this attribution of voluntary jurisdiction at the level of the Latin notary system countries. In this regard, its acceptance and its evident usefulness in the administration of justice justify the importance of its study in Ecuadorian notarial law and in that of the countries of the Latin system. For this, it was necessary to use the following methods: legal exegetical, comparative and legal hermeneutic for the proper analysis and interpretation of the relevant civil and notarial regulations of Ecuador and of the countries in which the notaries divorce with and / or without sons. So, the result is a historical, evolutionary and updated vision of this notarial institution. Its acceptance and its evident utility in the administration of justice justify the importance of its study in the Ecuadorian notarial law and in that of the Latin system countries.