International Comparative Legal Guide – Family Law 2023
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Amparo Arbáizar speaker at IAFL Meeting Athens 2022
Amparo Arbáizar discussed about trusts and the relation between EU matrimonial property and succession Regulations with fellow members of different jurisdictions.
PETS ON FAMILY LAW IN SPAIN
PETS ON SPANISH FAMILY LAW.pdf PETS ON FAMILY LAW IN SPAIN The Law 17/2021, of 15 of December has amended several articles of the Spanish Civil Code and Law of Civil Procedure to pay regard to the welfare requirements of animals. In accordance with the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals of…
International Comparative Legal Guide – Family Law 2022
Amparo Arbaizar has contributed to the International Comparative Legal Guide – Family Law 2022. Below you find the link our chapter: https://iclg.com/practice-areas/family-laws-and-regulations/spain
An approach to trusts in the Spanish jurisdiction: Q&A TRUSTS
Q&A TRUSTS IN THE SPANISH JURISDICTION RECOGNITION 1. Do the courts in Spain recognise the concept of a Trust? There is not the legal concept of a Trust in the Spanish jurisdiction. But there are different civil law contracts which can be selected on a case-by- case basis to obtain a similar purpose as…
Relocation in Spain
INTERNATIONAL RELOCATION It is very difficult to obtain a relocation order by the Spanish Courts, especially if one of the parents is Spanish and therefore the child is Spanish too with an extended family living in Spain. It is uncommon that the Court authorises the international relocation of the Spanish child with a Spanish…
Amparo Arbaizar speaker at ERA Family Law Conference on private divorce
We enclosed herewith Amparo´s contribution on the rising importance of private divorce in Europe PRIVATE DIVORCE IN EUROPE
International Comparative Legal Guide – Family Law 2021
Amparo Arbaizar has contributed to the International Comparative Legal Guide – Family Law 2021. Below you find the link our chapter: https://iclg.com/practice-areas/family-laws-and-regulations/spain
FAMILY COURTS DURING COVID-19 IN SPAIN
The Spanish Courts are closed to the public now due to the pandemic covid-19. Court proceedings and deadlines have been stayed. Court hearings have been adjourned. Although some urgent cases can still be dealt with at Court. In the Spanish Royal Decree 463/2020 regarding the special measures amid the pandemic and the lockdown order,…
PENSIONS CONTRIBUTIONS ON DIVORCE
In Spain pension contributions or pension funds are capital. Pensions will be taken into account as assets in the liquidation of the matrimonial property regime, not on divorce proceedings. In the jurisdictions of England and Wales, Canada, USA, Germany, France Switzerland, etc. in case of a divorce the splitting of the pension income accrued throughout…
Amparo Arbaizar contributor to ICLG Spain 2020.
Amparo Arbaizar has written a chapter on Family Law in the International Comparative Legal Guides. You can access the document through the following link: https://iclg.com/practice-areas/family-laws-and-regulations/spain
Amparo Arbaizar panelist at IAFL European Conference 2019
Amparo Arbáizar discussed about pensions and divorce with other experts from different jurisdictions such as England, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Slovakia and Spain.
Amparo Arbaizar, new member of the “International Academy of Family Lawyers”
Amparo Arbáizar has been elected fellow member of the pretigious International Academy of Family Lawyers. IAFL is a worldwide association of practising lawyers who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and skilled family law specialists in their respective countries. Amparo profile: click here
Amparo Arbaizar organizes a workshop about international successions
The 3rd of April Amparo Arbaizar organized a workshop at Alicante University International Judicial Clinic about cross border successions.
Amparo Arbáizar participates as a speaker at the IAFL conference in Milan
IAFL Introduction to International Family Law Conference, 21 -22 March, Milan. Session 3 : “Dealing with difficult clients – top tips in those tricky situations.”
IAFL Introduction to International Family Law Conference
On friday 22nd, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, it will take place “IAFL Introduction to International Family Law Conference”. There, Amparo Arbaizar, one of the members of our law office, will participate as a speaker. Amparo´s pitch will take place by 2.15 pm. She will talk about deling with difficult clilents – Top tips in these…
International Comparative Legal Guide to: Family Law 2019
“The International Cooperative Legal Guide to: Family Law 2019” has been published. In this international guide I had the opportunity to collaborate in writing a chapter that includes several matters as those mentioned below: Divorce Finances on divorce Marital Agreements Cohabitation and the Unmarried Family Child Maintenance Children – Parental Responsibility and Custody Children –…
Successions in Europe. The Spanish perspective
Regulation No. 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 4 July 2012, on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession. The legal basis for this regulation was article 81 (2)…
JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW ON LEGAL SEPARATION OR DIVORCE AND SPOUSAL PROPERTY RIGHTS in the EUROPEAN UNION
Jurisdiction and applicable law on divorce in the European Union. The Spanish view.