Civil Law
FAMILY
Law
- Divorce, separation and marriage annulment.
- Divorce with division of assets.
- Protective measures, stipulations, and clauses.
- Child custody.
- Child support / alimony.
- Usufruct of the marital residence.
- Liquidation of matrimonial assets.
- Legal incapacitation.
- Guardianship and curatorship.
- Questions of parentage.
- Abandoned or neglected minors.
INHERITANCE
Law
- Awarding and allocation of inheritance.
- Acquisition of certificates (death certificate; last will certificate).
- Acquisition of a true copy of the testament.
- Death without testament. ‘Ab intestato’ declaration of heirs.
- Judicial claim to inheritance.
- Legal assistance before the Public Notary office.
- Division of inheritance.
CONTRACT
Law
- Drafting and negotiation of contracts (preliminary negotiations, offer and acceptance).
- Specific contracts:
- Leasing contracts (urban and suburban real estate leasing).
- Service contracts.
- Construction contracts.
- Transportation contracts.
- Loan contracts.
- Security bond contracts.
- Security deposit contracts.
LEGAL LIABILITY
- Contractual liability:
- Damages caused to third parties.
- Defective products / services.
- Third-party actions attributable to:
- Employees.
- Minors of age; legal dependents.
- Animals.
- Destruction of property.
- Extracontractual liability (civil and criminal) stemming from:
- Criminal offences.
- Motor vehicle offences.
PROPERTY
Law
- Limited real rights:
- Real rights and public registration procedure.
- Legal protection of property (claim to private property and judicial action in relation thereon).
- Easement (voluntary and compulsory: right of way, right to lighting and views, right to water, Etc.).
- Real rights of: real guarantee, lien and antichresis.
- Special property rights:
- Horizontal (equal interest) property law:
- Governing bodies within neighborhood communities (president / vicepresident, secretary, manager, Etc.)
- Necessary works for the upkeep and preservation of the building.
- Use of real-estate properties on a timeshare or multiple ownership basis.
- Structural alterations of the building (of any of its consubstantial elements)
- Mortgage Law:
- Mortgage (voluntary and compulsory)
- Mortgage loans
- Goods and chattel mortgages and right of first refusal
- Industrial Property law (trademarks, commercial names, industrial design, patents, utility models, Etc.)
- Intellectual Property law (author’s rights and rights in connection therewith, ‘sui generis’ intellectual property rights, Etc.)
- Right of accession:
- Planting / seeding / construction within property pertaining to a third party.
- Planting / seeding / construction outside the bounds of consent.
- Horizontal (equal interest) property law: