Article published in La Vanguardia about CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN CATALONIA: THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING A WILL.

With it, we aim to reach citizens residing in Catalonia who, either because they live as a couple or because their child, grandchild, nephew, friend… lives as a couple without having formalised it, should register in a public registry and/or execute a notarial deed of civil partnership and, of course, make a will.

We emphasise that as of today:

✅In Catalonia, after two years of cohabitation with an intent analogous to marriage, one is considered a civil partner, even without having signed any document or being registered.

✅If one member of the couple dies without having made a will and without children, the partner becomes the universal heir, without prejudice to the parents’ legitime rights.

✅For tax purposes, they are treated the same as marriages. Otherwise, they are taxed as strangers.

MORAL: Formalise your civil partnership and make a will.

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