{"id":704,"date":"2026-04-16T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruthlopezmorueco.com\/civil-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:55:35","slug":"civil-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruthlopezmorueco.com\/en\/civil-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Civil Partnership and Cohabitation Lawyer in Torrevieja<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Not being married does not mean you have no rights. Or that there is nothing to protect. <\/p>\n

If your relationship is coming to an end, or you want to clarify what each party is entitled to before a problem arises, I can help you put things in order with proper legal security.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Legal Advice for Civil Partnerships and Unmarried Couples<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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A civil partnership (pareja de hecho) does not work the same as a marriage under Spanish law, but that does not make the separation any simpler or mean there is less to resolve.<\/p>\n

If you have bought property together, if you have children in common, if one of you made greater financial sacrifices than the other. All of this has legal consequences that do not disappear simply because you were not married.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Separation and dissolution of Civil Partnership<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n

The dissolution of a registered civil partnership requires a specific procedure. If the partnership was not registered, the situation is different but not without consequences.
In either case, there are outstanding matters to address: assets, debts, any financial support that may apply, and everything related to children if there are any. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Division of Shared Assets and Property<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n

The home you bought together creates a co-ownership that needs to be resolved.
The same applies to joint accounts, loans, businesses or any other assets acquired jointly. The division follows its own rules, and if there is no agreement, its own procedures. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Custody and Children in a Civil Partnership<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Having children without being married does not change the obligations of either parent.
Custody, contact, child support and extraordinary expenses are regulated in exactly the same way as in any other family law case. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ruth L\u00f3pez Morueco, Family Lawyer in Torrevieja<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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I am bar member n\u00ba 1595 of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Orihuela and a member of the Spanish Association of Family Lawyers.
Before settling in Torrevieja I practised for more than eight years in Madrid (n\u00ba 78,344), and have spent over 20 years working on family cases in the Vega Baja. <\/p>\n

Civil partnership separations concentrate in one process things that are usually dealt with separately: assets, children, and often the family home too.
I deal with all of this so that it becomes an ordered process designed around your specific situation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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