The practice
Firm in court, gentle with the family
Family files are unlike any other on this site: the counterpart may be someone you once loved, there are often children in the middle, and every decision echoes for years. We handle divorce and separation, custody and visiting arrangements, maintenance and pensions, marital agreements, adoptions, and the modification and enforcement of rulings when life moves on.
Our method is settled: agreement first. A negotiated convenio is faster, cheaper and far kinder to children than a fought case, and courts approve it readily. When the other side will not be fair, we litigate — prepared, calm and without theatre. Discretion, it goes without saying, is absolute.
How we help
Agreement first, court when it must
Two roads leave the same crossroads. A mutual-agreement divorce — one convenio covering custody, support and the home — moves in weeks and lets everyone start again. A contested case takes months and burns money and goodwill; sometimes it is unavoidable, and then preparation is everything. We tell you honestly which road your case is on, and we work to move it to the shorter one.
On an island like this, family files are often international: different nationalities, marriages abroad, property in two countries, a parent who wants to relocate. Cross-border family law is part of this desk's daily work, not an exotic exception.
Mutual-agreement divorce
The fastest, kindest exit: one agreement, one approval, weeks rather than months.
Contested proceedings
When positions are far apart we litigate with a plan — and keep the door to settlement open.
Children first
Custody, visits and support built around the children's routine, school and stability — the court's criterion, and ours.
The money side
Maintenance, compensatory pension, the family home, the business — quantified honestly, defended firmly.
International families
Different nationalities, assets abroad, rulings from other countries — daily work on this island.
After the ruling
Life changes and rulings can too — modification when circumstances shift, enforcement when what was agreed stops being honoured.
The route
How a divorce proceeds
The conversation
A confidential first meeting: where you stand, what is realistic, what it will cost. No commitments made in the room.
The proposal
We draft the convenio — custody, support, the home — and negotiate it calmly with the other side.
The signing — or the suit
Agreement reached, the court approves it in weeks. No agreement, we file — fully prepared from day one.
Life after
Rulings get enforced when they are ignored, and revisited when life genuinely changes. We stay reachable.
Family Law questions
Before you ask
How fast can a mutual-agreement divorce be?
With both sides aligned, a few weeks once the agreement is drafted — the slowest part is usually agreeing, not the court. We keep the negotiation moving so the calendar does not drift.
How is custody decided?
On one criterion: the children's best interest — stability, care, school, each parent's real availability. Shared custody is increasingly common where circumstances genuinely support it; what never works is custody used as a bargaining chip.
What happens to the family home?
It depends on the custody arrangement, whose name it carries and what the family can afford. Use of the home and ownership of it are different questions — we untangle both before anything is signed.
Can arrangements be changed later?
Yes, when circumstances change substantially — income, a move, the children's needs. Maintenance and custody are living arrangements, not stone. The same desk that set them up revisits them.
We married abroad and hold different nationalities. Can we divorce here?
If your life is genuinely here, generally yes — habitual residence is what opens the Spanish courts, and foreign marriages are recognised. Which country's law applies is a separate question, and often a strategic one; we map it in the first meeting.
Talk before you decide anything.
A confidential conversation about where you stand, what is realistic and what it would cost — in plain language, with no commitments made.
Prefer to call?
Tell us, in confidence
Your message is read by the lawyer who would handle your case — and answered within one business day.
Appointment request
Pick the office, day and time that suit you. The first meeting is about where you stand — nothing more.