This article is an update to the post published on our website back in 2017, shortly after the coming into force of Legge Cirinnà – Law no. 76/2016. With this law the possibililty for unmarried couples to form a cohabitation agreement was first introduced into the Italian legal system. The rules apply to unmarried couples
The most recent case to be decided by the European Court of Justice in relation to the EU Succession Regulation no. 650/2012, in a request for a preliminary ruling, concerned the estate of a deceased resident in Germany and the renunciation of inheritance by a Polish heir who was a minor. The Polish heir’s lawyer
This article continues our study of the concept of residence which last month focused on rules for personal taxation in Italy. In this article we consider the concept of “habitual residence” in family law matters in the EU. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently issued an important judgement on the determination of the “habitual
