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Personal Property Acquired During Marriage: how to Exclude them from Legal Community
A key difference between the family property regime in Anglo-American countries and that in Italy is that, normally, in the former, there is no possibility of choosing a total separation of the property acquired by the spouses during their married life and community of property remains prevalent, if not exclusive
Il Nuovo Visto per Nomadi Digitali: in Gazzetta il Decreto Attuativo
E’ noto come sempre più lavoratori provenienti da paesi extra UE, scelgano le città d’arte e di cultura italiane quali luoghi dove svolgere il proprio lavoro. Da diversi anni infatti, è diventato comune il termine “nomade digitale”, locuzione che sta ad indicare una particolare tipologia di professionista che grazie alle
Divorce and Bitcoin in Italy: an Unexpected Asset to Hide
Divorce proceedings are a stressful time and unfortunately, the consequences of the financial implications of a divorce can be far-reaching and long-lasting. So it is not surprising that some people attempt to use a variety of ways to hide assets during a divorce. Recently, Bitcoin has been one such asset
The Judicial Recognition of the Italian Citizenship
The acquisition of Italian citizenship is regulated by the Law no. 91 of Feb. 5, 1992 which has profoundly innovated in a complete and organic way the previous legislative framework dating back to the pre-fascist era (Law no. 555/1912). Our legal system accepts the principle of ius sanguinis, i.e. the
Diritto agli Alimenti: Soggetti Responsabili, Presupposti e Modi di Adempimento
Accade spesso in ambito familiare che, in adempimento del generale principio di solidarietà, il congiunto bisognoso riceva un contributo economico da un proprio familiare con il quale, spesso, sussiste un rapporto di relazione più stretto. Tuttavia, non tutti sanno chi a livello giuridico è veramente tenuto a garantire gli alimenti
Big News for Divorce in Italy
I assume that we all know that, while a divorce legally dissolves the marriage, a legal separation is a Court’s Order that mandates the rights and duties of the couple while they are still married but living apart. In Italy, as you may know, traditionally we have always had a
I figli nati all’estero da cittadino italiano per nascita: il nuovo art. 4 della Legge n. 91/92
Il nuovo articolo 3bis della Legge n. 91/92 prevede “che si considera non avere mai acquistato la cittadinanza italiana chi è nato all’estero anche prima della data di entrata in vigore del presente articolo ed è in possesso di altra cittadinanza” salvo che ricorra una delle condizioni previste dalle lettere c)
La prova dell’effettivo esercizio dell’affidamento del minore e l’accertamento in concreto da parte del giudice (Convenzione Aja 1980 sulla sottrazione internazionale di minori)
Con la recente sentenza del 7 maggio 2025, n. 12035, la Corte di cassazione civile si è pronunciata su un caso di sottrazione internazionale di una minore dalla Romania all’Italia, analizzando la Convenzione dell’Aja del 25 ottobre 1980, come integrata dal Regolamento UE n. 1111/2019 (Bruxelles II ter). Nell’ambito del
Big News for Italian Citizenship by Blood: “Minors’ Rule” Overturned in Court
By a ruling released on March 17, 2025, the Civil Court of Naples, upheld the appeal of a U.S. citizen, assisted by the law firm Family Law Italy of Rome (attorneys Stefano Cuomo and Marco Calabrese), who went to Court to have his application for recognition of Italian citizenship by
The Effects of Prenuptial Agreements in Italy
It is commonly said that prenuptial agreements are banned in Italy: a large part of the Italian public opinion complains that this is a spiteful limitation resulting from a backward mentality. However, that all prenuptial pacts are banned is not entirely true: such contracts are banned only for the All-Italian
Expats in Italy: How to Get Child Support When Your Partner Does Not Want to Pay
Among my clients, the situation may occur whereby the parent – a foreigner married to an Italian and residing in Italy- is left without means of subsistence for himself or herself and the children and “blackmailed” for that reason by the Italian parent in the event of divorce. Unfortunately, it
The Matrimonial Regime of Separation of Assets in Italy: How It Works (Part 2)
In my article dealing with the differences between Matrimonial Regimes in Italy and Common Law Countries https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/matrimonial-regime-separation-assets-italy-how-works-marco-calabrese-tfvsf/ we had finally got to the one-hundred dollar question: So… how to protect your assets when you married in a regime of Separation of Assets and moved later to a Country (typically UK
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