Course Description
Title I. Patrimonial Family Law.
Chapter I Introduction. Patrimonial effects of relatives, in-laws and adoption.
Chapter II Patrimonial effects of marriage.
1. Regime of the matrimonial goods. Nuptial agreements. Description of the legal regimes of goods. Separation. General community of property. Community of acquired property. Participation in acquired property. Administration of the goods of the couple. Matrimonial illegitimacies. Liability for the debts of the spouse.
2. Termination of the patrimonial relations.
Chapter III Alimony.
Title II. Succession Law.
Chapter I Introduction. Legal notion of succession. Constitutional principles and sources. Succession systems. Features of the succession law and of the succession rights. Chapter II Succession in general.
1. Death as a prerequisite to succession.
2. Several types of succession by death.
3. Heir and legatee.
4. Opening of succession.
5. Succession 'calling', succession 'appointment', content and object of the succession 'calling'. Prerequisites of succession 'calling'. Prevalence of the succession 'appointment'. Existence of the 'called' person. Succession capacity, indignity and disinheritance. Modes of 'calling'. Indirect 'calling'. Right to representation. Direct substitution. Right of accretion.
6. Vacant succession.
7. Succession acquisition. Acceptance and refusal of the inheritance.
8. Request of the inheritance.
9. Transfer of the inheritance.
10. Administration of the inheritance.
11. Charges for the inheritance and its liquidation.
12 Partition of the inheritance.
Chapter III Successions in special.
1. Legal succession.
2. Legal mandatory succession.
3. Testate succession.
4. Contractual succession. Partition in life.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Students will be able to identify family law, and in particular, family legal patrimonial relations, with development of marriage assets, alimony, and the succession patrimonial relations, including legal and voluntary succession. (Legal Practice)
CILO-2: Students will be able to define and articulate the legal relationships associated with succession, along with their significance in the legal system and legal practice. (Legal Practice)
CILO-3: Students will be able to describe the main concepts and principles of law of succession, explain the concept and forms of testamentary disposition, explain substantial issues on testamentary disposition, list the reserved portion inheritors, and explain the concept of abatement and abatement case. (Legal Practice)