Registration Denied for Marital Separation Agreement on Property Already Registered in Ex-Spouse's Name
11 Aug 202641 views
Who is affected:
Separated or divorced spouses seeking to register agreements on real property in the Property Registry
Summary
The General Directorate confirms that a regulatory separation agreement cannot be registered if the property is already registered in the name of only one spouse and there is no formal allocation.
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The General Directorate of Legal Security and Public Faith resolves an appeal against the refusal by the Property Registry of Novelda to register a 2003 marital separation regulatory agreement. The agreement acknowledged that a property belonged to both spouses in equal shares, but the Registry already had the property…
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