The property register cannot register a right of use of family home already extinguished by expiration of the period set in the divorce judgment
24 Jul 20267 views
Who is affected:
Divorced spouses with rights of use over family home pending property register registration
Summary
The General Directorate resolves that it is not possible to register in the property register a right of use over family housing when that right has already expired according to the divorce judgment itself. The maximum period of five years had long since elapsed.
Detailed analysis
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The resolution analyzes an appeal against the negative qualification of the Teguise registrar who refused to register the assignment of uses over the family home derived from a 2009 divorce judgment. The registrar argued that the right of use was extinguished after the maximum five-year period set judicially had elapse…
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