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How accepting an Italian inheritance works: accettazione pura e semplice versus con beneficio d'inventario, the formal declaration and inventory deadlines, and why the debt shield only holds if the procedure is followed correctly.
Affidamento condiviso explained: why shared custody is the default under art. 337-ter c.c., when courts order sole custody instead, and why it is not the same as collocamento prevalente.
Amministratore di condominio explained: when one is mandatory under art. 1129 c.c., who qualifies under art. 71-bis disp. att. c.c., the ten duties of art. 1130 c.c., the 180 day rendiconto deadline, and how removal (revoca) works.
Assegno di mantenimento explained: the spousal assegno (art. 156 c.c.) and the child assegno (art. 337-ter c.c.) are two different obligations, clearly told apart.
The assegno divorzile explained: the art. 5 L. 898/1970 test, the SS.UU. 18287/2018 ruling that replaced tenore di vita, and why Italy has no maintenance formula.
Assemblea di condominio quorum: the exact prima and seconda convocazione thresholds under art. 1136 c.c., who can vote and delegate, and how to challenge a resolution under art. 1137 c.c.
How cedolare secca works: the 21% and 10% rates, the 2026 rules for short-term rentals, a worked comparison against ordinary taxation, and what a landlord gives up by opting in.
Italy's knife-carrying rules under L. 110/1975: the general oggetti atti ad offendere offence, the 2026 Decreto Sicurezza's specific knife-blade rule, and the giustificato motivo test.
Condominio explained: what counts as a parte comune under art. 1117 c.c., how tabelle millesimali set your share, and the assemblea, amministratore and regolamento that run the building.
How recupero crediti works in Italy: the decreto ingiuntivo payment order, the 40 day window to pay or oppose, and what follows if nothing is done.
Diffamazione on Facebook and social media in Italy: the art. 595 aggravante, sharing versus liking, anonymous posters, evidence, and the separate line to art. 612-ter.
Denuncia and querela are not interchangeable under Italian criminal procedure. Who can file each, the three month querela deadline, and worked examples of theft, fraud and injury.
Who must file Italy's dichiarazione di successione, the three-condition exemption, the 12-month deadline, autoliquidazione payment, and the penalty for filing late.
Licenziamento per giusta causa: what conduct meets Italy's highest dismissal threshold, the mandatory art. 7 disciplinary procedure that must come first, and what a defective procedure does to an otherwise valid dismissal.
Licenziamento: the three lawful grounds for dismissal in Italy, the two indemnity regimes by hire date, and the strict deadlines to challenge one, with worked examples.
Distanze legali costruzioni explained: the 3 metre minimum between non-adjoining buildings under art. 873 c.c., the separate 10 metre planning rule for windowed walls, and what a local regolamento can and cannot change.
How divorce works in Italy: the real ground almost every case uses, the divorzio breve waiting periods, the three procedural routes, and filing separation and divorce together.
Divorzio breve explained: the six and twelve month waiting periods after separation, how the clock is counted by procedural route, and the Cartabia rule on filing separation and divorce together.
Italy's drink driving bands under art. 186 C.d.S.: the exact blood alcohol thresholds, fines, arrest exposure, licence suspension, confiscation, and the alcolock licence codes.
Italy's drone rules: ENAC and the EU categories (Open, Specific, Certified), D-Flight registration and QR-code identification, and why flying legally does not make your camera footage GDPR-compliant.
How Italy's sfratto per morosità eviction procedure works: intimazione, the hearing, convalida, enforcement, and the grace period that can stop it, ordinary and hardship versions.
How to file a querela for diffamazione in Italy: the three month deadline under art. 124 c.p., where to file under art. 337 c.p.p., evidence, and remissione.
How GDPR works in Italy: the Codice Privacy amendment, the Garante's role, and the genuinely Italian rules on minors, deceased persons and workplace monitoring.
Italy's rules for private CCTV: what the household exemption covers, where it ends at the property line, condominium cameras, retention, and what happens if a neighbour complains.
TFR calcolo, step by step: how to work the divide by 13,5 formula for a partial year, a mid-year hire, and a pay rise, then check the accantonamento on your own busta paga.
The two mutually exclusive ways to contest an Italian traffic fine, the prefetto route (60 days) and the giudice di pace route (30 days), misura ridotta, and the cost of doing nothing.
The three ordinary forms of an Italian will, their exact formal requirements, how revocation works, and what makes a will void versus merely challengeable.
How an Italian estate devolves: successione legittima versus testamentaria, the legittima that limits any will, accepting or renouncing, and the practical sequence a family goes through.
How condominio law works in Italy: common parts, the tabelle millesimali, the assembly and its quorums, who pays what, and the rules for cameras and noise.
How Italian consumer and debt law works: the decreto ingiuntivo collection process, wage garnishment limits, sovraindebitamento debt relief, and consumer purchase protections.
How Italian criminal procedure works: denuncia versus querela, the three month querela deadline, stalking's own extended deadline, and the casellario giudiziale record certificate.
How Italian defamation law works: why diffamazione is a crime, not just a civil claim, and how to file the querela that starts the case, with the three month deadline.
How Italian driving law works: the licence points system, the 2024 highway code reform, red light and speeding fines, drink driving bands, and how to appeal a fine.
How Italian employment law works: the grounds for dismissal, TFR severance pay, the NASpI unemployment benefit, and how to resign, with links to the full detail on each.
How Italian family law works: separazione before divorzio, the three procedural routes, assegno di mantenimento versus assegno divorzile, and custody after a couple separates.
Imposta di successione rates and franchigie by beneficiary, a full worked example, and how real estate taxes and the 2025 autoliquidazione reform fit in.
How Italian law actually works: the codici, the courts and the institutions, and why a common law instinct is usually the wrong one in Italy.
How Italian privacy law works: the household exemption for a home camera, where it ends at the property line, and the Garante, the regulator that hears complaints.
TFR explained with a full worked example: the divide by 13,5 formula, ISTAT revaluation, where the money is held (azienda, pension fund or INPS), and how the anticipazione advance works.
How Italian rental law works: the 4+4 and 3+2 lease regimes, the cedolare secca flat tax, and the sfratto per morosita eviction procedure for unpaid rent.
How Italian succession law works: forced heirship that limits any will, inheritance tax by beneficiary, the estate tax return deadline, making a will, and renouncing one.
Italy's monopattino elettrico rules explained: helmet mandatory for all riders since Dec 2024, the contrassegno sticker since May 2026, insurance since July 2026, plus where you can ride and fines.
What Legge 177/2024 actually changed in Italy's Codice della Strada: mobile phone penalties, new-driver restrictions, drink-driving alcolock codes, electric scooter rules, and speed-camera fine stacking.
How Italy's punti patente system works: the 20-point starting balance, the official points table for speeding, red lights, phone use and right of way, and how points are recovered.
Italy's Garante fined Piaggio & C. S.p.A. €460,000 on 29 July 2026 for retaining 112 employees' corporate emails beyond lawful limits and inadequate transparency.
How Italy's garanzia legale di conformità works: the 2 year coverage window, the 1 year defect presumption, repair versus refund, and how it differs from a commercial warranty.
The Italian legittima explained: the reserved-share table for every combination of spouse, children and ascendants, how the shares are calculated, and what enforces them.
How Italian legal separation (separazione) actually works: consensuale vs giudiziale, the three procedural routes, addebito (fault), and the assegno di mantenimento.
Lettera di richiamo explained: the contestazione and five day wait art. 7 requires, how to respond, the 20 day conciliazione route, and why a defective warning can fail even if the conduct was real.
The difference between ritiro, sospensione, and revoca of an Italian driving licence, who decides each one, how long they last, and the wait before a new licence after revoca.
Licenziamento illegittimo: the difference between a void, an ineffective and an unjustified dismissal, the judge set indemnity band since Corte Cost. 194/2018, and how impugnazione actually works.
NASpI explained for expats and workers in Italy: eligibility after the 2022 and 2025 rule changes, the 75/25 amount formula with a worked example, décalage, and the 68 day deadline.
How Italian law treats a noisy neighbour: the civil immissioni test under art. 844 c.c., the narrower criminal offence under art. 659 c.p., the regolamento's quiet hours, and how to escalate a complaint.
Italian resignation notice periods (preavviso) are set by your CCNL, not by statute. How to find your own figure, what an unworked notice costs you, and the giusta causa exception.
Registrare conversazioni: recording a conversation you take part in is legal in Italy. Learn the art. 615-bis c.p. line that turns it into a crime, with worked scenarios.
How Italian recording law works: the participant rule that makes most recordings legal, the art. 615-bis c.p. offence it does not cover, and whether a recording can be used in court.
Registrazione come prova: a lawful recording carries full evidentiary force in Italy under art. 2712 c.c., unless specifically disavowed. Here is how admissibility actually works.
Italy's red light fine under art. 146, comma 3 C.d.S.: the exact euro range, points lost, the recidiva and night-surcharge rules, and how camera enforcement and appeals actually work.
How to renounce an Italian inheritance: the formal declaration before a notaio, the ten-year deadline, why renouncing does not automatically protect your children from debts, and the beneficio d'inventario alternative.
How Italy's residential lease regimes work: the 4+4 free-market contract, the 3+2 canone concordato, mandatory 30-day registration, and how each side can end the lease.