'MADRID ADVISES YOU' 2023_2024. Notarial advice cycle for citizens
2023/11/09
As a result of the closeness and institutional commitment shared by the Madrid Notarial College and the Madrid City Council, and the common interest in promoting the well-being of all Madrid residents, a new cycle of the 'Madrid advises you' project begins.
This cycle of notarial advice for citizens will be held on the third Wednesday of each month, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Notarial College of Madrid (c/ Juan de Mena, 9). To attend each of the sessions it will be necessary to register in advance through the website of the aforementioned College.
The first session will take place on November 22 and the last will be on June 19, 2024. During these sessions, topics such as wills and inheritances, asset security in old age, autonomy in disability, the importance of preventive powers, marriages and de facto couples, rental and purchase of housing, mortgages and voluntary jurisdiction.
INSTITUTIONAL INAUGURATION AND FIRST SESSION
WILL AND INHERITANCE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The importance of the will: practical advice, special clauses, disinheritance and renunciation
Notary María Eugenia Reviriego Picón
The importance of granting a will; b) The content of the will: practical advice on various clauses and provisions, taking into account the situation of the person making the will (with children, without children, good or bad relationship with the other parent, cases of disinheritance, possibility of unequal distribution , executors, administrators, etc.); c) Special provisions in favor of heirs with disabilities; d) How to know if a person has made a will, and steps to obtain a copy of it; e) What happens if a person dies without a will, procedures that must be carried out; f) When it is convenient to renounce an inheritance: acceptance of inheritance for the benefit of inventory.
REGISTRATION LINK HERE
SECOND SESSION
ASSET SECURITY IN OLD AGE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024
Legal instruments to preserve property security in the last stages of life
Notary Mercedes Pérez Hereza
Complementary planning formulas in the estate field: a) Life annuity. What is it. Taxation; b) The contract for the transfer of property in exchange for food. Rights and duties. What does it consist of. Taxation. Consequences in case of failure to comply with the obligation to provide maintenance by the assignee; c) Reverse mortgage. What does it consist of. Possibility of establishing it on the habitual residence or on other assets. Tax consequences; d) Sale of the bare property with reservation of lifelong usufruct. Taxation; e) Position of the heirs (legitimate or not) in the event of these contracts being concluded by the deceased.
THIRD SESSION
HOW TO PRESERVE AUTONOMY IN DISABILITY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Legal instruments to preserve autonomy in disability
Notary Manuel Lora-Tamayo Villacieros
Exercise of their rights and support measures for people with disabilities: what can they do? Can they have assets in their name? What documents can they sign? Alone or with help? b) Prevention of one's own disability: preventive powers and self-care What will happen if I find myself in a situation of disability? Who will take care of me? Who will manage my assets; c) Protection of people with disabilities: What can I do if I have a child with a disability? How can I protect them and avoid abuse? What will happen when I am not there?
FOURTH SESSION
IMPORTANCE AND SCOPE OF POWERS OF NOTE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024
Types of powers, uses and precautions when granting a power
Notary Alfonso Madridejos Fernández
What are powers of attorney? b) what types are there; how and when to use a power of attorney; c) rights and duties of attorneys: scope and revocation; d) the use of powers of attorney in family and business life; e) the use of preventive powers in old age; f) powers and disability: when it is necessary to resort to judicial means; g) expiration of powers of attorney; h) difference between power of attorney and guardianship; i) the risks of granting a power of attorney; j) Is it possible to continue acting when a power of attorney is granted?
FIFTH SESSION
MARRIAGE AND COMMON COVENANTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024
Economic and hereditary rights: national legislation and regional differences
Notary Eva Fernández de Medina
Processing of the marriage file; b) marriage before a notary; economic regime of marriage: property or marriage contracts?; c) ownership of the assets of the members of the couple; d) economic and hereditary rights of marriage; e) scope of legal transactions in marriage f) economic and hereditary rights of de facto couples: regional diversity; f) separation and divorce; g) de facto couple and widowhood; h) distribution of family assets after divorce; i) guardianship and assets of children.
SIXTH SESSION
THE NOTARY AND VOLUNTARY JURISDICTION: A LAW AT THE SERVICE OF CITIZENS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024
The importance of Voluntary Jurisdiction in contemporary societies. Most used procedures and benefits for citizens
Notary Concepción Pilar Barrio del Olmo
What did the Voluntary Jurisdiction Law mean for citizens? And what did it mean for the notaries? b) If there is a conflict that may be the subject of a Voluntary Jurisdiction file, is it mandatory to go to the notary? c) If the citizen chooses that the Voluntary Jurisdiction procedure be processed before a notary, can he choose any notary in Spain? d) What Voluntary Jurisdiction procedures can be processed before a notary? Which are the most relevant and which are the most used?
SEVENTH SESSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CLOSING
RENT AND PURCHASE OF HOUSING; CONTRACTING AND EXCHANGE OF MORTGAGE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2024
The big step: buying a home: procedures, charges and expenses, with and without a mortgage
Notary Pedro Armas Omedes
What should you know before purchasing a home? Housing charges and distribution of payment of purchase and sale expenses; b) Purchase and sale: private contract or public deed?; c) What are the deposits? d) Contract a mortgage loan, how can the notary help you? e) Pre-contractual phase and contractual phase of the loan: the importance of the transparency act; f) Expenses derived from contracting the loan g) Change of mortgage and subrogation h) Taxation of purchase and sale operations; i) The convenience of using a notary when renting a home.