Dear Director: The rise in gasoline and diesel prices, beyond its justifications, will have an effect that exceeds the vehicle's fuel tank: it will increase the cost of living for many families and will certainly affect the adequacy of child support payments for thousands of children and adolescents. The support payments set in UTM will be adjusted, but likely without capturing the real shock affecting families. Those set in pesos will simply become unsustainable.
The payment that covered a child's needs in January will fall short by April. The increase in fuel prices is sufficient grounds to request the courts to raise support payments due to the serious changes in circumstances. María de los Ángeles Schenke L.