El carácter extrapatrimonial de la compensación económica y su renuncia

Abstract

This article shows that "economic compensation" ought to be understood as a family law institution. "Economic compensation" is a non-patrimonial right that arises from a marriage annulment or divorce, so it is essentially a postnuptial right. An indemnifying role of "economic compensation" does not preclude an assisting role also, which is, in some cases, both complimentary and exclusive to determine its "quantum". The basis for this compensation lays not only on the legal principle that affords protection to a weaker spouse, but first and foremost, in the protection of the family, which is an institution guaranteed by the Constitution in the Chilean legal system.