Sometimes, really few, people usually come to my office asking for separation, when in reality what they want is to get a divorce; or requesting a divorce, when what they want is the marriage annulment; or filing for divorce, when they just want to separate. Other times they use these terms interchangeably, thinking that they mean the same…
Separation And Divorce By Mutual Agreement Without Children. Judicial Or Notarial Jurisdiction? Traditionally, there were two channels for separation and divorce: first, the contentious channel provided for in art. 770 of Law 1/2000, of January 7, on Civil Procedure and, secondly, the process of mutual agreement contemplated in art. 777 of identical ritual standard. All these procedures were attributed…
What is a domestic partnership? The Spanish legal system understands a de facto couple as the stable union of coexistence between two people not united by marriage, although in a similar emotional relationship . The courts reject the analogy between marriage and extramarital coexistence, they consider that they are not equivalent realities, but rather different legal situations. For…
Before the advent of social media and smartphones, after a breakup, we could go a long time without knowing about the other person. However, now, it is difficult not to know anything, even if that is what you want, since we find out everything our ex-partner does in real time. Thus, the digital age we are in…
Do I need asset protection? Some say they need it to protect the wealth they have accumulated over the years, but they do not act on it. Others recognize the importance of asset protection due to their liability-prone profession but believe that nothing will happen to them. The vast majority abstain because of a lack of…
The entrepreneur often depends on his business to search for life. Get paid to support yourself, your family, and even your quality of life. For this reason, it is imperative to make sure that your business is protected from external attack by creditors. After all, let’s say, an attack on the business is the same as an attack…
What is a Nevada Domestic Asset Protection Trust? Nevada is one of several states that allows the creation of a home asset protection trust. This is a special type of irrevocable trust in which the creator of the trust can also be a beneficiary of it, and have the protection of its assets that were placed…
Murphy’s law “Everything that can go wrong will go wrong” surprisingly applies more than we would like in the field of estate planning. Especially when a person leaves his inheritance without previously stipulating his conditions, basically inviting problems and disasters to his beneficiaries. The good news is that with well-designed estate planning, you can avoid all of…
Once the homosexual marriage was approved, it is understood that the de facto couple is an option for those couples who do not want to marry at all. And is that the domestic partnership and marriage are not comparable unions. This has been stipulated by both the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. For this reason,…
A Personal Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a processing tax number issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS grants ITINs to individuals who require an identification number for tax purposes in the United States but are not and are not eligible to obtain a Social Security Number (SSN) from the Social Security Administration (SSA)….