Regimes of Property Relations between Spouses according to the Bulgarian Family Law

• Author: Tsvetalina Petkova
• Position: Assistant Professor, PhD, Department of Law, New Bulgarian University, 21 Montevideo Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Pages: 100-109

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Abstract

: The present pape

s

pouses accord ing to Bulgar

each of the regimes, their

Bulgarian and foreign auth o

objects of the matrimonial pr

"object" and compares the re

family codes. Th

e author als

Objectives

: The purpose of

property r elations between s

based on the author's researc

Ph.D. thesis, which deals pre

following methods were use

analysis is made o f the main

to Bulgarian family law.

Th

law. Implications

: The mar

society since the beginning o

of family relations was based

marriage. Normally, during t

matrimonial property law de

te

rmination of the marriage

understanding and realizatio

Family Code, the lack of cas

importance of the findings

property and offers a definiti

Keywords

: property relation

acquisitions; marriage contra

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Assistant Professor,

PhD,

Sofia, Bulgaria, postal co

de:

author: cpetkova@nbu.bg.

ATIS DANUBIUS

Vol. VII,

Regimes of Property Relations b

Spouses according to the Bulgarian

Law

Tsvetalina PETKOVA

1

aper discusses the three existing regimes of property relat

garian family law. The prerequisites for the establishment (o

ir nature, legal effects and termination are examined. Som

thors i n relation to property arrangeme

nts between spouses a

l property are discussed in d etails. The author offers a definitio

regulation of matrimonial property relations in th e framewor

also makes references to some Russian, German and Austria

of this paper is to explain the nature of the three existin

n spouses according to Bu lgarian family law.

Prior work

:

arch in the matrimonial property law and more specifically on

precisely with the regime of the joint matrimonial property.

Ap

used: observa

tion, comparison and analysis of the case law.

ain characteristics of th e three property regimes between spou

The author

provides a definition of the term “object” und er B

arriage and its consequences for the spouses is a topic that

g of its existence. Since the dawn of humanity to present day t

sed on the idea that the m

ost important part of a person’s life is

g the marriage each spouse accumulates different amounts of

determines the distribution of this property between the spo

ge or the joint matrimonial property. This paper contribute

tions of the rights of each spouse.

Value:

The recent adopt

case law an d the decisive reform in th

e Bulgarian family law

gs in this paper. It covers in

-

depth the objects of the joint

ition of “object” according to the family law.

tions between spouses;

joint matrimonial property; object; s

tract

D,

Department of Law, New Bulgarian University, 21 Monte

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1618, tel.: +359 (2) 811 0222, fax: +

359 (2) 811 0260. Co

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