SPANISH LAW

Marriage contracts

Prenuptial agreements have the legal nature of a contract, i.e. they are the various agreements that a couple makes prior to marriage.....

Divorce and separation

Divorce is the dissolution of the marriage bond by the will of both spouses or of one of them, and leaves them in a position to enter into a new marriage...

Modification of measures

Article 90 of the Civil Code provides that the measures adopted by the judge in the absence of an agreement, or those agreed by the spouses, shall be...

Execution by

non-compliance with judgement

What should I do if the father or mother of my children is in breach of the court judgment and does not pay child support or extra expenses?

Pro-individual liquidation

In the matrimonial property regime of community of property, a community of property is formed, the assets of which derive from the profits obtained by each of the spouses ...

Extinction of joint ownership

The extinction of condominium or pro indiviso is a legal concept relating to the right of ownership over an asset, which implies that a person has the right of ownership over that asset only partially...

Filiation proceedings

Filiation is the legal or biological link between parents and children, from which a series of effects, rights and obligations derive...

International parentage proceedings

They are not regulated in any Community Regulation and there are no international conventions on international jurisdiction in this area....

Inheritance

Inheritance or succession mortis causa (by cause of death). To succeed means to place oneself in the legal position of another, what happens after the death of a person is that...