When an international marriage is divorced, the question arises as to which maintenance law applies. Normally, the law of the country in which the person entitled to maintenance is habitually resident applies.

Familiengerichte und Zivilgerichte sind sich einig: Fotos des eigenen Kindes dürfen weder zu privaten noch zu kommerziellen Zwecken ins Internet gestellt werden, wenn der andere sorgeberechtigte Elternteil hierzu nicht zuvor seine Zustimmung erteilt hat.

BMW AG, Volkswagen AG and the Würth Group – household names in Germany and beyond – have one thing in common: they are all family-owned businesses.

Minor children and their parents need to be aware of various restrictions and hurdles when carrying out legal transactions. These are intended to protect minors from legal transactions....

Marriage is not simply a legal transaction like any other. Primarily marriage is a very private matter. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs, managers and others with significant assets should not avoid taking the proprietary aspects ...

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