Padres modifican pensión de alimentos mediante un juez

MODIFICATION OF ALIMONY: WHEN AND HOW TO REQUEST IT LEGALLY

In family, divorce or separation proceedings, one of the most important issues affecting the welfare of the child is the alimony. Once it is fixed in a Judgment or in a Decree, it can be subject to modification depending on the circumstances and needs of the child. The Civil Code of Catalonia regulates the procedures and requirements so that we can make these modifications. In this article I explain when it is possible to modify the alimony, what are…

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Padre, madre e hijo hablando sobre la custodia compartida

JOINT CUSTODY: MYTHS, REALITIES AND TIPS FOR REACHING AN AGREEMENT

One of the most important issues we deal with in a divorce proceeding is child custody. Lawyers and Judges prioritize the welfare or best interests of the child at all times. However, there are many myths about shared custody. In this article I will explain what joint custody is, what myths surround it and what strategies I give you to negotiate a fair and peaceful custody. Shared custody is a modality in which time is divided between…

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Hija en medio de sus dos padres divorciados

True or false: In case of separation or divorce, the children will always live with the mother and not with the father.

In case of separation or divorce, determining with whom the minor children should live with (known as guardianship and custody), is one of the most critical, but important, points in which we find ourselves in family proceedings. It is not true that in case of divorce the children always stay with the mother and not with the father. This will depend on several issues, as well as the circumstances of the children and the parents. In this sense, there…

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Padre pagando una pensión de alimentos a su hijo

What does paying more or less in alimony depend on?

When we talk about alimony or maintenance, we usually find it in divorce or separation proceedings in which there are minor children. Knowing where we start from, an alimony, therefore, is that amount of money that we must give to the father or mother who has custody of our children, to contribute in everything related to food, care, upbringing, etc., of the same. In this sense, the determination of the amount to be established for alimony is determined by the…

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Abogado llevando un divorcio de mutuo acuerdo

LAWYERS AND DIVORCE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT

What role do Lawyers have in a mutually agreed divorce process when we take both parties at the same time? In mutually agreed divorce proceedings we find ourselves with a couple who wants to dissolve the bond that unites them, with all the effects and consequences that this produces. To carry out this procedure, the figure of a lawyer is necessary. One lawyer or two? In practice, it may be…

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CUSTODY AND VISITS IN TIMES OF CORONAVIRUS. VISITING REGIME FOR PARENTS IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES

The situation we are experiencing with the coronavirus is changing us and is affecting the normal development of our lives on a daily basis. Just a few weeks ago, the acting president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, agreed to the perimeter closure of Catalonia and for a period of 15 days, as well as municipal confinement on weekends. Just a few weeks ago, the acting president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, agreed to the perimeter closure of Catalonia and for…

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DATION INSTEAD OF PAYMENT

This year has been very difficult for many families who had their assets mortgaged. The coronavirus has forced us to find, in dation in payment, the solution to the non-payment of mortgages. What is it? Dation in payment appears as a solution to the fact that we cannot meet the mortgage payments. Thanks to it, we managed to extinguish the existing obligation between creditor and debtor. How? Both agree that the debtor will transfer the mortgaged asset to…

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REFUGEE STATUS OR SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION?

REFUGEE STATUS OR SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION? We must be very clear about what differentiates both concepts. For this, we must take into account articles 3 and 4 of Law 12/2009, of October 30, regulating the right to asylum and subsidiary protection. Thereby: As established in article 3, refugee status: “recognizes any person who, due to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, belonging to a certain social group, gender or sexual orientation, is outside the…

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NEWS: GUARANTEED CITIZENSHIP INCOME (RGC)

The government of the Generalitat has approved this Tuesday, April 28, the regulation of the Law of the Guaranteed Income of Citizenship (RGC) that extends to various vulnerable groups and will allow the aid to be received, even if they work part-time: Large families. The long-term unemployed over 55 years of age. It includes women victims of sexist violence as beneficiaries. WHAT IS GUARANTEED CITIZENSHIP INCOME (RGC)? The Guaranteed Citizenship Income (RGC) is the social benefit through which the…

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ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY, MEASURES TARGETED AT VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND GROUPS

According to Royal Decree Law 11/2020 of March 31. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY: AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OF THE MORATORIUM ON LEASE DEBT in the case of large holders and companies or public housing entities. Who can request the postponement of the rent? People in the event of economic vulnerability due to the coronavirus who, in the month prior to the request for the postponement, become: Unemployed. in ERTE. They have reduced their working hours due to caring for the elderly…

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