La problemática de probar el estado del abandono como causa de indignidad para suceder.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the need to incorporate abandonment as a cause of indignity to succeed the deceased, considering that people with priority attention, especially older adults, require adequate care and attention to prevent situations that put their health and life at risk. Within the causes of unworthiness, abandonment is not found, however, abandonment is typified as a crime in numeral 3 of Art. 153 of the Comprehensive Penal Code imposing a custodial sentence of one to three years on the perpetrator of the crime. Currently in Ecuador the percentage of abandonment, negligence and abuse of the elderly, disabled and vulnerable people has increased, this situation requires the incorporation of this crime as a cause of indignity, constituting a measure that seeks compliance with the obligations of kinship.