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Certified Chilean Paternity Acknowledgment Translation
Certified translation of the documents that establish paternity in Chile, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Ley 19.585 abolished the categories of child
Until 1998 Chilean law divided children into legitimate, natural and illegitimate, with sharply different inheritance and support rights. Ley 19.585 abolished the distinction and equalised all children regardless of the parents' marital status.
So an older Chilean document may describe a person as hijo natural or ilegítimo, which is period terminology rather than a current status. We translate the term as printed and the translation should not modernise it, because the reader may be assessing a document by its own era.
How acknowledgment is made
Voluntary acknowledgment is made before an officer of the Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación at the birth registration or later, before a notary, in a will, or in a deed. Each is valid and each looks different.
Where the father does not acknowledge, an acción de reclamación de filiación establishes it judicially, and Chilean courts may draw an adverse inference from an unjustified refusal of DNA testing.
Subinscripción at the margin
The Registro Civil records the effect as a subinscripción at the margin of the birth inscription, and a certificate issued afterwards carries it. Chilean certificates state explicitly at the foot whether subinscripciones exist.
That footer is worth reading: a certificate stating there are none is positive evidence of the absence of any annotation, and a certificate that has one tells you exactly where to look.
The RUN, and the surname
The RUN — the national identity number, the same number as the RUT for individuals — stays with the person across a change of surname. It is written with a check digit after a hyphen, which may be the letter K, and we reproduce it exactly.
Acknowledgment normally adds the paternal surname in first position. See our Chilean birth certificate page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
My document says "hijo natural".
Period terminology. Ley 19.585 abolished the categories in 1998 and equalised all children. We translate it as printed.
What is a subinscripción?
The marginal annotation on the birth inscription. Chilean certificates state at the foot whether any exist.
Does the RUN change?
No, and it is the same number as the RUT for an individual. We reproduce it with the check digit, which may be a K.
What if the father refuses?
A judicial action establishes filiation, and courts may draw an adverse inference from an unjustified refusal of DNA testing.
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