Current Version
| Region | Costa Rica |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Unrecognized |
| Start Date | Dec 21, 1973 |
| End Date | May 26, 2020 |
| Description | Article 242 of the family law states explicitly that marriage is between a man and a woman who has cohabited for more than 3 years. The recent movement of "accidental passage" of same sex marriage has not taken effect or exercised. |
| Sources | http://www.iin.oea.org/badaj_v/docs/lcofcr74.htm |
Reports (2)
- Note field is incorrect "About the note on the "unrecognized" status:
Article 14 of the Family Code said "Marriage legally impossible: ... 6) Between persons of the same sex"
Article 242 (currently 245) was about de facto unions, not marriage per se.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?nValor1=1&nValor2=970"
- Newer law has been passed "Gay marrige is fully legal"
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Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | (none) | May 26, 2020 |
| Description | Article 242 of the family law states explicitly that marriage is between a man and a woman who has cohabited for more than 3 years. The recent movement of "accidental passage" of same sex marriage has not taken effect or exercised. | Article 242 of the family law states explicitly that marriage is between a man and a woman who has cohabited for more than 3 years. The recent movement of "accidental passage" of same sex marriage has not taken effect or exercised. |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Unrecognized |
| Start Date | Dec 21, 1973 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 242 of the family law states explicitly that marriage is between a man and a woman who has cohabited for more than 3 years. The recent movement of "accidental passage" of same sex marriage has not taken effect or exercised. |
| Sources | http://www.iin.oea.org/badaj_v/docs/lcofcr74.htm |
Reports (27)
- Other "The old status is listed as the current status"
- Status is not correct "In CR homosexual marriage is now legal."
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica has been legal since May 26, 2020"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "It is already legal."
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage is legal in Costa Rica since may 2020"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage is now legal in Costa Rica."
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/26/costa-rica-first-central-america-legalize-same-sex-marriage
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/international-world/same-sex-marriage-costa-rica.html
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN23217L
"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage was legalized in Costa Rica in May, 2020."
- Newer law has been passed "The law for equal civil marriage was approved in May 2020 so, since then, same sex marriage is legal in Costa Rica. Please consider looking into it. "
- Status is not correct "gay marriage is now legal"
- Status is not correct "Has been legalized"
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage has been legal in Costa Rica since May 26th, 2020"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage is now legal in Costa Rica, since May 26 2020"
- Status is not correct "May 26, 2020, Same Gender Marriage became legal. History: In 2016, Costa Rica requested that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights interpret the right to privacy and the right to equal protection under the American Convention on Human Rights. In a landmark 2017 opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights stated that all rights applicable to heterosexual couples should extend to same-sex couples. Then, in 2018, the Costa Rican Constitutional Court followed that opinion and ruled in favor of marriage equality.
See:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/26/costa-rica-first-central-america-legalize-same-sex-marriage#"
- Newer law has been passed "In August 2018, Costa Rica's constitutional court ruled that banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and discriminatory. It gave parliament 18 months to change the law before marriage equality would automatically take effect.
A group of lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to delay the ruling for another 18 months, and the ruling took effect at midnight May 26, 2020. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costa-rica-first-country-central-america-legalize-same-sex-marriage/"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "It's legal now"
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Same-Sex Marriage recently became legal"
- Newer law has been passed "Same sex marriage was legalized on May 26, 2020"
- Status is not correct "Same sex marriage was legalized on May 26, 2020"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage is legal as of May 26, 2020"
- Status is not correct "Legal since May 26 2020
https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlosAlvQ/status/1265160738936631296"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica became legal on May 26, 2020. Costa Rica was the first nation in Central America to recognize and perform same-sex marriages."
- Newer law has been passed "Costa Rica grants first gay common-law marriage in Central America
http://insidecostarica.com/2015/06/03/costa-rica-recognizes-first-sex-common-law-marriage-central-america/
http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/06/02/costa-rica-grants-first-gay-common-law-marriage-central-america"