Getting together in Tenerife

Tenerife lifeline covers the legal aspects of relationships in Tenerife, including Cohabitation, tax and social security, Ownership of assets and debt, Social security, The certificado de convivencia, The Registro de Parejas de Hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, Documents required to register, Civil partnerships registered in the UK.  You can also find out about Marriage, Pre-nuptial agreements, the regimen de gananciales, régimen de separación de bienes and the régimen de participación de bienes, Religious or civil marriage, Documents and process to get married in Tenerife, Gay marriage, Marriage in Gibraltar, separation in Tenerife, divorce in Tenerife.

Death in Tenerife

Death is about the only thing that you can feel absolutely confident is going to happen to you.  As expatriates, we probably have even more of a responsibility to ensure that we have planned for it.  If not, family and dependants may find themselves in a very expensive and time consuming battle if your assets are to be passed on.  Even worse, you may put them in a position where they will have to pay thousands in funeral expenses, as well as the trial of dealing with an unfamiliar system in a foreign language.  It does not take much to prepare, and although you may not directly benefit, your next of kin will thank you. 

Having a baby and adoption in Tenerife

Babies born to expat parents are becoming an increasingly common occurrence in Tenerife.  Tenerife Lifeline covers Having a baby: private vs. public systems, The Documento de Salud de la Embarazada, Time off work, Registering your child with the civil register, Grants for having a baby in the Canaries, Maternity leave.  The book also has information about Adoption: who can adopt, The Dirección General del Menor y Familia, Documents and process for adoption in Tenerife, Adopting a foreign child in Tenerife.

Spain’s changing family values

The Spain we see today is very different from the one we learned of in our history classes, which was bound by the strict rule of Catholicism.  The death of Franco and the subsequent 1978 Constitution three years later set the framework for loosening the stranglehold the church had over the State and its people.  New laws and rapid social change prised away the grip of Catholicism, finger by finger, over the following decades as the country underwent an economic boom.  In recent years, the return to power of the socialist party has accelerated some aspects of social change beyond even the norms of most developed countries.  The role of women, structure of the family unit and family values have all changed incredibly fast in just the last two decades.