Getting married in the Dominican Republic—or investing while married—may seem legally straightforward. However, there is a key question that is often not asked in time: what really happens to assets within a marriage? Continue reading “Separation of Assets in the Dominican Republic: What Seems Clear… but Isn’t Always So”
When a foreigner faces a legal issue in the Dominican Republic, one of the first feelings that often arises is uncertainty. Not necessarily because of the severity of the situation, but because of something deeper: being in a system that is not your own. The rules are different, the processes are not the same, and what might be simple in your home country can take a completely different direction here.
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When someone decides to purchase a property in the Dominican Republic, their focus is often on location, price, or investment potential. However, there is a far more critical element that is often overlooked: the legal status of the property. This factor not only determines the security of the transaction, but can also prevent legal issues, financial losses, and difficult situations that may be hard to reverse in the future.
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The sworn declaration of patrimony assets has its first foundation in article 146.3 of the Dominican Constitution, which establishes it as mandatory for “public officials (…) before and after having completed their functions or at the request of the competent authority.” Continue reading “Sworn Declaration of patrimony from Public Officials”
Commercial Arbitration is a procedure by which a dispute or controversy between two or more parties is known and submitted to the decision of a body constituted outside the ordinary courts.
Arbitration, as an alternative to dispute resolution, “constitutes a real alternative to prevent and adequately, quickly and definitively solve conflicts that arise in national and international trade transactions,” indicates Law 479-08 on commercial arbitration. Continue reading “Commercial Arbitration in the Dominican Republic”
In the DR anyone is allowed to “give” his last name to another person through a name change process. In this case I guess you would be giving the child your last name. Continue reading “How to change your name in Dominican Republic?”