Interés superior del niño, principio aplicable en Colombia como mecanismo para que los niños y niñas tengan una familia y no sean separados de ella

Abstract

The article proposes an analysis that allows to identify the sentences related to the application of the principle of the best interest of the child by the State and the Colombian justice, to protect and guarantee the fundamental right of children to have a family and not to be separated from it. , applied to the performances where a child or adolescent is involved. The interpretations are very varied according to the specific case and the particularities they present. In the exposed sentences the best interest of the child is an axis that is present when the judge tries to solve problems where the parents or one of them requested that they not be separated from their children or the children to be listened to in order to stay with their children. families It was evidenced that the principle was applied especially those where the problem was divorce and custody, deprivation of liberty, adoption among others, facts where children or adolescents were separated from their family environment or where they maintained the affective bond.