Overview
- The Supreme Court granted amparo in a long-running paternity case, recognizing the adolescent’s right to learn his biological identity.
- Judges must determine the timing and content of any disclosure on a case-by-case basis to safeguard emotional stability and family relationships.
- The Court directed that the legal father should deliver the news, with accompaniment from child and adolescent specialists.
- The dispute began in 2014; lower courts kept the child with the legal father and barred informing him of his biological origin, leading to the constitutional review.
- Court president Hugo Aguilar Ortiz emphasized specialist risk assessment, noting the youth is about 16 and approaching 17.