The importance of knowing your Matrimonial Property Regime. Post and Pre nuptial Agreements in Spain.

MANY expatriates living in Spain (and even Spaniards themselves) often ignore or don’t understand the matrimonial property or economic regime that applies to their marriage, and their rights in relation to the property in the marriage. In order to understand the rights that spouses have in relation to the property (both movable and fixed) within […]

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Recognition and enforcement of a Foreign Court decision in Spain.

WHEN a decision is made by the Courts of one country, that resolution can affect the situation in other countries where the defendant or plaintiff may have connections.   One of the most significant examples of this is divorce settlements and as an example a couple gets divorced through the courts of their country (United […]

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Waiver or renunciation to an inheritance in Spain. Consequences for children, taxes, etc.

OCCASIONALLY we receive enquiries from clients who wish to renounce an inheritance, sometimes the reason is because their debts and liability (passive) are higher than the assets and rights (active) to be inherited and therefore, it is not beneficial to inherit; although sometimes the reason is due to a bad family relationship or for tax […]

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