The Italian domestic cohabitation agreement

divorce

Since 2016, Italian Law recognised the importance of parallel form of cohabitations and domestic partnerships. For this reason, aside the traditional marriage scheme, individuals may now decide to draft cohabitation agreement with the purpose of regulating their future and present economic assets.   Cohabitation agreement requirements   For its legal validity, the cohabitation agreement shall […]

Italian shared custody and the role of the mother

Separation and divorce constitute the unfortunate consequence of marriage and marital relationship. In this context, familiar relationships are paramount and national jurisdictions make several efforts to protect familiar relationships between children and spouses. Then, the general rule is preserving children relationships with both parents with the purpose of implementing the double parenthood principle.   This […]

The Italian double parenthood principle and minors’ interest

Covid-19 outbreak has determined the worldwide emergency status where all countries are making efforts to limit health emergency. In this scenario, a fundamental aspect to take into consideration family situations of separated or divorced spouses. In the light of minors’ interests, it is important to assess visiting rights and parenthood schemes during this epidemiological phase. […]

Does spouse’s conflict affect shared custody regime in Italy?

Separation and divorce constitute the unfortunate consequence of marriage and marital relationship. Then, in the previous cases, family law points out a set of measures and processes that shall be undertaken with the purpose of protecting the children. In this context, custody regimes and visiting rights represent important steps to carry out in the interest […]

Online separation and divorce in Italy

Social distancing rules will still apply for many countries. In this context, several legal proceedings shall respect social distancing provisions in order to protect public health. However, such emergency period shall not prevent to ensure protection to the family as stated by the Italian Constitution. The Italian Bar Association released extraordinary measures that will be […]