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Legal notes in plain words — property, inheritance, residency and daily life in the Canary Islands, explained for international readers.
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The compensatory pension after divorce in Spain: who gets it, for how long and how it ends
One spouse built a career and the other left a job for the family: when they divorce, Spanish law may give the second a compensatory pension. It is not automatic and has no formula. This guide explains who is entitled, the nine circumstances a judge weighs, when the pension has an end date and when it does not, the separate compensation for work in the home under separation of property, and how the pension changes and ends, with three Supreme Court judgments of 2024, 2025 and 2026 read in full.
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Back to School with Separated Parents in Spain: Who Decides, Who Pays What
September with two households: Spanish law splits school questions into decisions (both parents) and costs (mostly inside the maintenance payment). Here is the map — including when one parent lives abroad.
Divorcing across borders: which court, which law, and what changes if you live in the Canaries
For international couples the first legal question is not 'who gets what' but 'where' — and the answer shapes everything that follows.