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This work analyzes the participation of children and adolescents in family trials, taking as a parameter the norms of the Convention on the Rights of the Children and other international instruments, which guarantee the right of the child to be heard in judicial proceedings in to resolve matters that concern him. The authors start from the basis that since the entry into force of the Convention and the paradigm shift of the child as a subject of law, the participation of children and adolescents, should be understood as a subjective right that each child can exercise or not, in consideration of their progressive autonomy and best interests. Therefore, the family court must consider it as part of the process, materializing as a manifestation of due process of law.

In this article we analyze the legal effects that Chilean legislation recognizes to Non-marital unions, based on the jurisprudential evolution that establishes patrimonial effects to this kind of couples, using different figures of Private Law, such as quasi-contract of community, de facto partnership, and even economic compensation. Then, we critically analyze the new act No. 20,830 that creates the Civil Union Partnership, arguing that although it is incorporated as a new family model, its effects are restricted to economic or patrimonial aspects, excluding the personal effects of marriage.

La consagración en el ordenamiento jurídico chileno de la ruptura matrimonial y de la convivencia civil han hecho necesaria la consideración de una figura que resguarde a aquel de la pareja que nuestra legislación denomina como el “cónyuge más débil”, regulando los efectos patrimoniales de dicho término. La compensación económica surge entonces como el derecho de aquel cónyuge o conviviente civil que ha sufrido un menoscabo económico producto de no haber desarrollado actividad remunerada o lucrativa durante al matrimonio o convivencia, en razón de su dedicación a los hijos y/o al hogar común. Así las cosas, el presente artículo tiene por finalidad analizar, desde un punto de vista doctrinario y jurisprudencial, el estatuto establecido por el legislador chileno para regular esta institución Since Chile passed its divorce law and the regulation of cohabitations act, it has been necessary to consider ways to protect what the Chilean legislation calls (lit.) ‘the weak spouse’. The ‘compensación económica’ (economic compensation) emerges then as a subjective right for the spouse or the cohabitant who has suffered an impairment due to him or her not having had a paid employment during marriage or cohabitation and has devoted him or herself to the care of the children and domestic chores instead. This article aims to present the Chilean approach to the economic compensation from a jurisprudential and doctrinal approach.

En el presente artículo, se revisa críticamente la evolución de los derechos de la mujer en el Derecho chileno, desde la dictación de su Código Civil (1855), distinguiéndose entre la situación de la mujer soltera frente a la de la mujer casada. El autor reconoce dos grandes etapas de esta evolución, una de ampliación de derechos (1925-1989), gatillada por distintas transformaciones sociales, como la incorporación de la mujer al trabajo, y otra igualatoria de derechos (1989-2013), presionada por los Tratados Internacionales sobre Derechos Humanos, y que actualmente se encuentra en desarrollo, existiendo diversos compromisos pendientes del Estado de Chile en esta materia. The present article critically reviews the evolution of women's rights under Chilean law, since the enactment of its Civil Code (1855), distinguishing between the situation of single women compared to that of married women.The author recognizes two major stages of this development, an expansion of rights period (1925- 1989), triggered by various social transformations, such as the incorporation of women into the workplace, and an equalizing of rights period (1989-2013), catalyzed by the International Treaties on Human Rights, currently under development, an area in which the Chilean State has several outstanding commitments.

En este trabajo se analizan las modificaciones introducidas en el Derecho chileno en materia de Derecho de Visitas (o de 'Relación Directa y Regular'), por la Ley N° 20.680. En específico, se revisa críticamente una de sus principales innovaciones, cual es la incorporación de la posibilidad que se establezca un régimen de visitas entre los abuelos y los nietos, regulada en el nuevo artículo 229-2 del Código Civil. Analizadas las características de esta nueva disposición, se estima que pese a ser un avance respecto de la situación anterior, todavía falta una regulación orgánica, pues el legislador establece de forma muy básica este derecho a favor de los abuelos. Por ejemplo, no queda claro si ellos son titulares o no del derecho a mantener contacto con sus nietos. This paper analyzes the amendments enacted in Chilean Law regarding the Right of Visit (so-called 'Regular and Direct Relationship'), under Law N° 20,680. Specifically, it critically reviews one of its major innovations, which is the incorporation of the possibility to establish a visitation regime between grandparents and grandchildren, regulated in the new Article 229-2 of the Chilean Civil Code. After analyzing the characteristics of this new provision, the author reflects that despite being an improvement to the previous situation, proper organic regulation is still missing, as the law sets forth this right only minimally in favor of grandparents. For example, it is unclear whether they are or are not entitled to maintain contact with their grandchildren.