Retroactive maintenance or damages? Mechanisms to rectify the effects of an unfair judgement

Abstract

The following article analyses the effects of the breach of the obligation of the non custodial parent to reveal in court and under oath his assets, duty contained in article 5 of the chilean family act Nº 14.908, and the unfairness that causes this breach in the issuance of judicial judgment. It is argued that, in this situation, the custodial parent has a legal action available to correct the amount of child support and cause for suit to compensate the lesser amount of child support paid by the non custodial parent, through non-pecuniary damages”.