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Guide to Maintenance Allowance, Separation and Divorce
The maintenance allowance is the financial compensation that is sent to a partner or child following a relationship crisis where the break-up is decided in front of a judge. There are three kinds of allowance that can be granted to children/partners, namely child support, a separation allowance for the partner, and the divorce allowance to a former spouse. In order to understand in detail what maintenance, separation and divorce allowances ...
International Child Abduction
The international child abduction is an offence that occurs in cases where a child is taken from the custody of their parents (or from whoever has parental responsibility for the child), against the parent’s consent, and taken abroad. International child abduction occurs where: Anyone who does not exercise exclusive parental responsibility takes a minor from his country of residence. following a legitimate trip abroad, a child is not returned to ...
Custody and Maintenance of Children in Italy
The “custody and maintenance of children” are measures aimed at regulating responsibilities of parents following a separation. The measure of custody of children is required in cases of personal separation, divorce or distancing of parents, whether married or not. In 2012, law 219/2012 took an important step towards recognising the dignity of all children and parity between parents with the first fundamental reform of filiation. Legal equality between all children ...
Separation In Italy
Separation in Italy represents a temporary suspension of some of the obligations arising from marriage and its civil effects. In the legislator’s intentions they ought to give the couple time for attempted reconciliation. The Treccani dictionary defines separation as follows:” the institution that determines the loosening of a matrimonial bond without dissolving it entirely.” In the case that the two partners (hereafter the parties/ the spouses) decide to go their ...
A Guide to Divorce in Italy
Divorce in Italy, except under abnormal circumstances, is permitted following a period of separation (usually 6 months) after separation by mutual consent, or a year after a judicial separation. Divorce in Italy is typically the result of two separate proceedings: separation, and divorce. In exceptional circumstances, however, it is possible to divorce immediately. Since the institution of divorce was legally introduced in Italy in 1970, with the Law No. 898 ...
The fate of dormant accounts in Italy
Dormant accounts are defined as money deposits in which no transactions have been carried out for at least ten years. In Italy, contractual accounts that have not been handled for at least ten years, and therefore classified as dormant, that contain sums of money exceeding one hundred euros are automatically annulled. The remaining funds are entrusted to CONSAP (Concessionaria Servizi Assicurativi Pubblici), a company that reports directly to the Ministry ...
Liquidation Parental Damage, the reference tables in use
For judges, there are two reference tables for the evaluation of non-asset damage: the so-called Milanese and Roman tables. Which one should be chosen is still a subject of debate. The liquidation of parental damages, or rather damages for loss or impairment of a parental relationship, is warranted by those who have suffered from the loss of a relative or because of the deterioration of the relationship with a relative ...
110% Super Bonus Also Applicable for Those Who Do Not Reside in Italy
The Revenue Agency has clarified how even non-residents can take advantage of the renovation bonus. The 110% Super Bonus is intended for both Italians and foreigners. As clarified by the Revenue Agency, this subsidy is also available for those who are not a resident in Italy. Non-residential applicants, as it is not possible to implement tax deductions on their income, will be able to receive the discount directly in an ...
How to become a Polish Citizen
How to become a Polish citizen, depending on one's personal situation at birth, or in course of one's life. Poland as a European Union Member State enables non-Polish citizens to acquire Polish citizenship in various ways and on various grounds. Becoming a polish citizen depends on your personal situation, if one wants to acquire Polish citizenship, it is necessary to meet certain conditions. Polish citizenship by birth First of all, ...
Obtaining Italian Citizenship after a Civil Union
Italian citizenship following a civil union is one of the rights guaranteed by the Italian State, equating it with marriage and rendering the procedures for obtaining citizenship identical. Once one has ascertained how to become an Italian citizen and, in particular, how to obtain Italian citizenship by marriage (law 05/02/1992 n.91 and subsequent amendments), it is good to know that the same procedure is also valid for those who got ...
