- Divorce
- Child SupportThe amount to contribute depends on the child and the income of each of the spouses. However, estimates vary on a myriad of factors, and there are guidance tables that indicate child support in these court proceedings. In joint custody cases, there is generally no alimony involved. Therefore, each spouse contributes to the expenses of their children while living together.
- Child Custody and VisitationIn the past three years, 48% of court events were battles in family courts. Of these, 56% proceeded to trial, while 44% reached a prior agreement. Custody and visitation cases accounted for 9% of all court battles. Demands for child protection also proliferated, resulting in higher court activities than normal.
- Adoption
- Premarital AgreementWhen two people want to get married, but want to ensure what will happen to their property in the event of separation or divorce, they must sign a premarital agreement. In Spain, more and more couples tend to specify the terms that will govern their separation, both from the economic point of view and with respect to their children.
- GuardianshipGuardianship is another family law case and is defined as the authority given by law to an adult to care for an emancipated minor or a disabled adult. The adult must be appointed by the judge to assume responsibility. This responsibility, however, ends with the minor’s coming of age. It also comes to an end through a court ruling that ends disability.
- Spousal SupportThis remains one of the most common family law cases that family law attorneys handle in their daily careers. When parents with children divorce or separate and the court establishes custody of one of them, the other spouse is required to support their minor children. Alimony means not only food, but also your health and education. Therefore, in such a situation, the judge declares that a monthly payment is made for each of the minors.
- Legal SeparationThese are the most common family law cases. Other areas covered in family law include legal separation, annulments, habeas corpus procedures, fighting for child custody, grandparent visits, petitions for review, administrative support hearings and appeals, adoptions, legal guardianship and changes of Name. The common cause of divorce is usually a breakdown in communication between spouses and family members. Divorce can be a brutal battle. Therefore, it is vital to choose a family law attorney who understands everything at stake and what you are going through.
- Annulment
- Criminal DefenseObviously, there are many specialists in Criminal Law who, just after leaving university, are magnificent professionals and possess impressive legislative knowledge. However, they need time to get used to the way criminal proceedings work. Therefore, the experience of the lawyer is the best guarantee of receiving a good service.
- DUI/DWIOn many occasions, we need to have the services of a criminal lawyer at any time of the day or night. You just have to think about the possibility that you or a family member or friend will be arrested for drunk driving and exceed the legal limit that represents the border between crime and offense. If it happens at dawn, you probably don’t want your acquaintance spending the night in the dungeon and being able to face a speedy trial without being represented.
- Sex CrimesThe classification of the crime for filing a false complaint will depend, mainly, on the seriousness of the criminal offense that is reported. In this sense, denouncing someone for rape with knowledge that they are lacking the truth would be considered a serious crime, while doing the same for insults and slander through social networks would be a minor crime.
- MurderFor example, the rates for the defense of a defendant for murder are not the same as for someone who has committed a criminal economic crime. This is something to consider.
- Business DisputesMbdp Law Firm has a presence in 14 countries, with a strong presence in Spain, Portugal and Latin America and experience in all areas of business law.
- Employment Litigation
- Severance AgreementThis process for calculating severance pay is simple but, at the same time, a little tedious. The first thing to do is to collect all the payrolls corresponding to the last year worked, including those that refer to the extra payments if they have been collected separately and on a non-prorated basis. If this is the case, the gross amount of these must be added to the total, and then divide that amount by 12.
- Tax LawThe provisions of article 27 of the General Tax Law come into play here. This refers to the surcharges to which the person obliged to carry out the taxation, that is, to pay the inheritance tax, will have to face for not having done it within the voluntary period.