{"id":1768,"date":"2021-11-03T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/chile_the_civil_code\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:05:33","slug":"chile_the_civil_code","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/resource\/uncategorised\/chile_the_civil_code\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile &#8211; The Civil Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">3rd novembre 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Chile &#8211; The Civil Code<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">3 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 1749 of Chile\u2019s Civil Code establishes the legal presumption that husbands head the household and control marital property, as well as property owned by their wives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Chile<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Inheritance and Property<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 1749 of Chile\u2019s Civil Code establishes the legal presumption that husbands head the household and control marital property, as well as property owned by their wives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 1749.\u00a0<em>The\u00a0<strong>marital partnership<\/strong>\u00a0is to be\u00a0<strong>headed by the husband<\/strong>, who shall\u00a0<strong>administer the spouses\u2019 joint property as well as the property owned by his wife<\/strong>, subject to the obligations and limitations set forth in this Section and those agreed to at the time of marriage . . .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leychile.cl\/Navegar?idNorma=172986&amp;idParte=8717776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore Chile&rsquo;s full law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[218],"issue":[49],"region":[],"class_list":["post-1768","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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