In Costa Rica, we have three possible ways by which mercantile corporations can be dissolved and liquidation of corporations through a notary office. These possibilities are: a) Protocol of minutes of the meeting of partners/shareholders. b) Appearance of the partners before a Notary Public. c) The process of non-contentious judicial activity For the purposes of proceeding […]

Is considered an invoice and its executivity if it meets the requirements established by law and is intended to function “against” the buyer of a specific good or service. The requirements for its enforcement are contained in article 460 of the Commerce Code, which establishes the following: “The invoice will be an executive title against the […]

Marriage is one of the most beautiful stages a human being can go through; however, in some cases this does not last for a lifetime and the parties must resort to divorces in judicial headquarters in order to end that marriage bond. In Costa Rica, divorce is regulated by article 48 of the Family Code. In our […]

The solution that involves simplifying an eviction On this occasion we want to tell you that there is a tool to deal with those tenants who persist in delinquencies when renting real estate: The Lease Monitory Process, regulated in the new Civil Procedural Code (CPC), Law number 9342. Initially, the Lease Monitory Law came to […]

On January 9th, 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) responded to an advisory opinion presented by the government of our country and ordered that Costa Rica should guarantee access to the LGTBIQ + population of the same-sex marriages “to all figures already existing in the internal legal systems, including the right to marriage, to ensure […]

The Costa Rican State, through its immigration institutions, establishes procedures to legalize the entry of foreigners into the country. Therefore, the Migration and Foreigners Law, as well as the Organic Law of the Ministry of Labor of Costa Rica, have established that all foreign workers, without exception, require regular immigration status; that is, to comply […]

Nationality is defined as the legal link that unites individuals with the State. The nationality of costa rican is obtained by birth or by naturalization. Naturalization is the process by which the citizen of a State acquires the nationality of a second state, with which he has acquired some links resulting from the stay and […]

On February 3rd, bill 20406 was approved in the first debate, which bears the name “Addition of a subsection 9 to article 48 of the Family Code”, also known as the Law for the Claim of the Autonomy of Freedom in the Divorce Process”, that allows the incompatibility as cause of divorce. According to the text […]

The Child support alimony in Costa Rica is a common topic today, which should be analyzed carefully and should not be taken lightly, neither by the obligor nor by the beneficiary of the support. An infinite number of questions arise when child support or alimony is mentioned, such as, but not limited to: up to […]

The emergency that the country is experiencing due to COVID-19 has affected the entire country, not only due to the health crisis, but also in the labor and economic part. Undoubtedly, this affects those people who are obliged to pay alimony during Covid 19 and child support , in the event that their work day […]