Italian alimony and spouses’ economic condition
The dissolution of marriage consists in the termination of the marital union. World-wide divorce laws entails the reorganisation of legal duties and responsibilities also including issues regarding redistribution of property, child custody and support, alimony, and visiting rights. However, depending on the cultural background, each jurisdiction may implement a different approach to marriage termination and […]
Failure to pay alimony in Italy
According to the Italian Law, parental responsibility encompass various form of psychological and economic assistance. Important to notice, the same assistance schemes also apply in case of separation or divorce proceedings or marriage annulment. Therefore, parental responsibility duties consist in moral, psychological, and economic assistance in the context of familiar environment with or without an […]
Italian Divorce and alimony to the foreign spouse: a brief outline
According to the Italian legislation, alimony is spouses’ right which is not subject to time limitation. Spousal alimony constitutes spouses’ obligation to provide an economic support to the spouse who – for objective reasons – is not able to take care for himself/herself. Alimony quantification is also a relevant step and it shall be based […]
Alimony and spousal maintenance in Italy
In Italy, spousal maintenance is an unwaivable right which is not subject to time limitation. Spousal maintenance constitutes spouses’ obligation to provide an economic support to the spouse who – for objective reasons – is not able to take care for himself/herself. According to the Italian legislation n.898/1970, divorce proceedings sentence also includes the amount […]
Italian Court of Cassation: The ex-wife who voluntarily resigns from her job has no right to alimony
Italian Cassation Court ordinance No. 26594/2019 states a new alimony parameter for ex- spouses. In particular, the ex-wife – still in her working-age – who voluntarily resigns from her permanent job and who renounces to a fixed income is not entitled to alimony. In the present case, the husband children custody with contextual alimony obligation […]