Marriage.<\/strong> The process starts with a preliminary record or file, handled by a notary, a court clerk (letrado de la Administraci\u00f3n de Justicia) or the Civil Registry officer. Then comes the ceremony, civil or religious with civil effects, which is registered with the Civil Registry. You need to be registered as a resident at the address where the file is processed, and you need two witnesses, both at the preliminary stage and at the ceremony (they can be different people each time). Registration is required for the marriage to take effect against third parties.<\/p>\n Stable partnership.<\/strong> A stable partnership is formed in one of three ways: by living together continuously for more than two years, by having a child together during the relationship, or by signing a public deed before a notary, with no preliminary file. Being registered as residents at the same address is preferable but not essential, and no witnesses are needed. Registering with the Catalan Registry of Stable Partnerships is voluntary and, for civil purposes, merely declaratory. Even so, it is decisive for qualifying for a widow\u2019s pension and for many other benefits and administrative entitlements.<\/p>\n How they end<\/strong><\/p>\n Marriage.<\/strong> A marriage ends on the death of one spouse, a declaration of death, or divorce. If both spouses agree and there are no minor children, the divorce can be done by public deed before a notary or by decree of the court clerk. If there are minor children, or the spouses don\u2019t agree, it goes through the courts, with the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office involved.<\/p>\n Stable partnership.<\/strong> A stable partnership ends when the couple stops living together and their shared life breaks down, on the death or declaration of death of one partner, or when either partner marries. It also ends by mutual agreement formalized in a public deed, or when one partner formally notifies the other of their decision, in a way that leaves proof of delivery.<\/p>\n Financial effects of a breakup<\/strong><\/p>\n Death: the surviving spouse\u2019s or partner\u2019s rights and succession<\/strong><\/p>\n Personal income tax (IRPF)<\/strong><\/p>\n Married couples can file a joint tax return. Stable partners cannot.<\/p>\n Widow\u2019s pension<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 A stable partnership formed only by living together for more than two years (art. 234-1.a of the Civil Code of Catalunya) does not give access to the widow\u2019s pension. A public deed or a registry entry made at least two years before the death is required.<\/strong><\/p>\n Author:<\/p>\n Cristina Esteruelas<\/strong><\/p>\n Manager, Civil and Real Estate Department, addwill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Catalunya, marriage and de facto partnerships each have their own legal framework. The Civil Code of Catalunya uses the term stable partnership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":35575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1416],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civil-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35633,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35581\/revisions\/35633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/addwill.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/table_financial_effects_EN-2.jpg\")
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