{"id":5270,"date":"2025-09-15T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabarroadvocats.com\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:14:27","slug":"unmarried-couples-in-catalonia-the-importance-of-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabarroadvocats.com\/en\/unmarried-couples-in-catalonia-the-importance-of-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmarried Couples in Catalonia: The Importance of Testing<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Article published in La Vanguardia<\/em> about CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN CATALONIA: THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING A WILL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026 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.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We emphasise that as of today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705In 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705If one member of the couple dies without having made a will<\/a><\/strong> and without children, the partner becomes the universal heir, without prejudice to the parents\u2019 legitime rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705For tax purposes, they are treated the same as marriages. Otherwise, they are taxed as strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORAL: Formalise your civil partnership and make a will.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n