Families acquiring a property for family habitation may be interested in securing additional legal protections for it. One of the protections established by our legislation is the assignment of property as family housing. In this blog we comment on this figure. The current Family Code allows the assignment of property as family housing in favor…

In CELIG we have united in marriage many same-sex couples who have traveled from abroad for this purpose. It is possible that one of the parties may not be able to come in person to the celebration of their marriage. For these cases, the Family Code currently allows marriage by special power of attorney. Article…

En CELIG hemos unido en matrimonio a muchas parejas del mismo sexo que han viajado desde el exterior con esta finalidad. Es posible que uno de los contrayentes no pueda acudir en persona a la celebración de su matrimonio. Para estos casos actualmente el Código de Familia permite el matrimonio por poder especialísimo. El artículo…

One of the difficulties that surviving spouses in common law marriages could face is proving the uninterrupted cohabitation provided for by the Family Code. In its judgment 2452-2022, the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice analyzed whether cohabitation could be interrupted when the deceased spouse is compelled to move to a different residence…

Una de las dificultades que podrían enfrentar los cónyuges sobrevivientes es demostrar la convivencia ininterrumpida que prevé el Código de Familia. En su sentencia 2452-2022, la Sala Segunda de la Corte Suprema de Justicia analizó si el traslado del cónyuge fallecido a un domicilio distinto a causa de una enfermedad terminal, podría considerarse como interrupción…