Family Law Attorney for Matrimonial Law in Milan
Matrimonial Law
The Firm provides comprehensive advice on civil and religious marriage: choice of matrimonial property regime, drafting of marriage settlements and prenuptial agreements, and amendments to the regime during marriage.
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Matrimonial law lawyer
The Firm's experience in matrimonial law allows couples to be guided from the earliest stages, clearly defining the financial and personal aspects of the relationship. Offices in Milan, Rome and Venice ensure both local and specialist expertise.
Marriage settlements
The choice between community of property and separation of property has significant effects on family assets. The Firm assists couples in drafting marriage settlements and in modifying the matrimonial property regime during marriage, also through notarial deed.
Prenuptial agreements
Although not fully recognised by the Italian Civil Code, prenuptial agreements can regulate specific financial aspects. The Firm develops contractual solutions consistent with the legal framework and the most recent case law.
Property regime and patrimonial fund
To protect assets earmarked for family needs, it is possible to set up a patrimonial fund. The Firm handles the drafting, publication and any challenge to the fund brought by creditors.
Frequently asked questions · Matrimonial Law
The most common questions about matrimonial law
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It depends on each spouse's financial and professional situation. Separation protects individual assets; community of property shares acquisitions made after the wedding. A tailored assessment, with a family lawyer, helps you make an informed choice.
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Yes. Changing the regime requires a marriage settlement by public notarial deed, recorded in the margin of the marriage certificate. It has prospective effect and does not apply retroactively to assets already acquired.
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Prenuptial agreements "in anticipation of divorce" are not fully binding under Italian case law, but agreements regulating specific financial aspects can produce effects if they respect the principles of lawful purpose and party autonomy.
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It is a body of assets dedicated to family needs, established by public deed. It protects movable or immovable assets from creditors with respect to debts unrelated to family needs; it terminates with the end of marriage or when children reach adulthood.
OFFICE IN VENICE
Viale Ancona, 19
30172 Venice-Mestre