LA RESPONSABILIDAD DE LOS PADRES POR LOS ACTOS COMETIDOS POR LOS HIJOS.

Abstract

The Civil Code states that parents hold direct and subjective liability for acts committed by their underage children, regardless of the children's age. The current general trend in legislation is to allow the realm of action available to minors to expand in step with their gradual acquisition of capacity, without any correlation in the assumption of duties and liabilities. Moreover the Supreme Court's doctrine strays from the terms established in the Civil Code and consecrates a quasiobjective liability to guarantee compensation for the victim always, making the parents of the person who inflicts the damage the real victims.