Have you married an Italian citizen? Italian Citizenship through marriage
The Italian Law established that a marital relationship with an Italian citizen allow the foreign citizen or the stateless person to acquire Italian citizenship. With the purpose of triggering the Italian citizenship law, the foreign citizen or the stateless person shall be married with an Italian citizen while legally residing in Italy for at least […]
Italian domestic partnership: does the partner have the right to inheritance?
Relationships other than marriage have always struggled to be fully recognised by Italian Law. Domestic and civil partnerships were not considered enough to trigger family or inheritance law provisions. However, recent socio-legal evolution brough some changes in terms of different form or partnerships that find the same type of protection that is normally recognised for […]
Are you an heir? The allocation of debts under the Italian succession
The Italian allocation of debts is established by articles 752 and 754 of Italian Civil Code. Specifically, the law seeks to regulate internal relationship between coheirs and external relationships between them and creditors. Coheirs are expected to contribute to the payment of debts in proportion of the share for each of them, given that the […]
Have you been victim of revenge porn in Italy?
The term “revenge porn” refers to a nowadays’ set of conducts through which an individual takes revenge against another individual (often a former partner) sharing contents and information involving his/her sexual behaviours. Revenge porn has been introduced into Italian Law only in 2019. In this specific case, the Law has established a new criminal behaviour […]
Italian and International will: an outline
A will or testament is a legal document that expresses individual’s dispositions as to properties and other issues are going to be settled after his/her death. Therefore, this is a legal contract that disposes about testator’s material and non-material relationships. The will is a personal and unilateral contract, which can be challenged only by a […]