The children stay exclusively with the mother if the father is absent
The Trapani court has ruled that a parent who consistently fails to fulfill their obligations of care and support, both moral and material, towards their children will be excluded from custody. The court has also awarded exclusive custody of the children to the mother in a recent case. In this case, the mother requested separation […]
How to contest a divorce judgment in Italy
Divorce can be a difficult process, with many disputes and disagreements that can escalate in court. This often happens when spouses fail to reach a reasonable agreement on the terms and conditions of separation and subsequent divorce, which can include aspects such as spousal and child support, the assignment of the family home and other […]
How long do you have to wait before getting remarried after a divorce in Italy?
The law in Italy requires a waiting period before remarriage after divorce, commonly known as “lutto vedovile,” which lasts for at least 300 days following the dissolution of the previous marriage. The woman is forbidden from marrying until this period has elapsed, a provision included in the Civil Code to prevent doubts about the paternity […]
Is your former spouse preventing you from seeing your children?
The custodial parent is obliged to comply with the judge’s order establishing visitation of the minor children with the other parent. Dangerous rivalry mechanisms are triggered in the context of stormy separations and divorces, which find their outlet in the children, a kind of transversal revenge. A revenge, however, that ends up affecting the emotional […]
Does the divorced spouse have any rights to the former spouse’s inheritance?
Unlike in the case of separation (for which partially different rules apply, influenced also by the possible existence of the debit), divorce eliminates any inheritance rights of the ex, who is no longer an heir by law of the deceased. In such a case, only the contrary expressed in the will and not detrimental to […]