How to file for a divorce in Italy

In Italy, divorce was introduced by Law no. 898 of 1970. After the amendment of 2015, now divorce can go through a long or short procedure, depending on the role of the parties. Before the divorce, the parties must obtain separation first. If the separation was consensual, the divorce can be filed after 6 months. […]

Stalking by WhatsApp

In Italy, stalking was introduced by Law Decree no. 11 of 2009 so that any continuative harassing, threatening or persecuting behaviour which causes a state of anxiety and fear in the victim or which forces the victim to change his lifestyle, is punished.  In 2013, the rules on stalking were updated and now, Article 612-bis of […]

Airbnb: judgement of Regional Administrative Court of Lazio

The dispute between the famous Airbnb portal and the Italian Revenue Agency has come to an end with the defeat of the first. In fact, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court rejected Airbnb’s appeal. The quarrel concerns the application of the provision of the Revenue Agency on the tax regime for short leases introduced by Decree-Law […]

Fidelity and Separation Charge

Pursuant to Article 143 of the Italian Civil Code spouses have the duty of fidelity. Spouses are required not only to abstain from extramarital love affairs and sexual intercourses, but also not to betray mutual trust, intended, more generally, as loyalty and solidarity.  The violation of this duty could determine the impossible continuation of cohabitation […]

Heirs do not pay tax penalties

According to the Italian Supreme Court, the tax penalties resulting from the violation of tax rules are of an afflictive nature and, therefore, are not inherited by the heirs. In particular, the deceased owner of a plot of land did not consider it to be qualified as building land, despite the fact that it was […]