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Inheritance: Don’t Let Your Italian Family Home Go to Auction

Inheriting a historic family villa, seaside apartment, or agricultural estate in Italy alongside siblings or co-heirs often leads to a common stalemate. One heir might want to keep the house, while others want their share paid out in cash. When an inherited property cannot be physically divided into equal separate apartments (bene non comodamente divisibile), […]

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What is a 1948 Case?

The 1948 Rule, also known as the female line rule, enables children born to an Italian mother prior to 1948 to claim Italian dual citizenship before the Courts in…

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Last Name Issues during the Italian Dual Citizenship Process

How to keep your last name (surname) if you become an Italian citizen Changing a last name in Italy has long been a difficult process, with the default position…

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Italian Dual Citizenship Application and Italy Experience

News update: On June 22, 2022, new legislation regarding Citizenship by Descent became effective (art. 36 law 206/2021). As of that date proceedings for the establishment of Italian citizenship…

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The 1948 Rule: Claiming Your Citizenship

1948 Rule – The Judicial Precedents Equality of gender and right to transmit citizenship The 1948 Rule, also known as the female line rule, enables children born to an…

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Italy’s Supreme Court vs. US Supreme Court

Italy’s Court of Cassation and the Supreme Court of the United States: How do the highest courts of these countries match up? On the most fundamental level, the differences…

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Inheritance Issues: Common Mistakes of Alien Heirs

Inheritance Issues that Arise in Italy Most foreigners are unaware of many Italian inheritance statutes and judicial limitations which don’t correspond to the Common Law system, and there often…

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Inheritance investigation in Italy

Inheritance investigation is of the utmost importance when you believe you have unclaimed inheritance assets, or believe that someone has maliciously interfered, through inheritance fraud, with your part of…

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How to Write a Will in Italy

Basic rules for Writing a Will for Property Located in Italy When a testator makes a choice of law that applies Italian law to the willing of property located…

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Disinheritance & Trust in Italy

Under Italian law, there are very few instances in which children can be excluded from their inheritance. Rightful heirs can only be disinherited for serious acts against a parent,…

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