NewsWhore
09-18-2006, 06:10 PM
The Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic (SCJ) established an important precedent in the Dominican legal system as it confirmed the sentence that conferred a RD$1 million compensation order for the children of Bolivar Guerrero Morales and Fidelina Maria Suazo Duarte. Guerrero Morales was killed in 1995 by a tanker truck that belonged to Falconbridge Dominicana in Bonao as he waited by the roadside for a bus to Santo Domingo. Both parents are now dead, and the ruling is on behalf of their children, who are 12 and 14. The significance of the case resides in the fact that this is the first time the SCJ has established inheritance rights for the children or heirs of a common law relationship. Guerrero Morales and Suazo Duarte were together for eight years, and paternity was established after the fatal accident. By confirming the rights of partners in a common law relationship, the Supreme Court eases property and inheritance questions for as many as 40% of couples in the general population.
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