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.

• 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.