Alternative ways to formalize separation and divorce
The assistance of lawyers is optional and unnecessary. To separate consensually in the Municipality generally takes 30 total days between request, date setting and other formalities. The second is through assisted negotiation with the help of lawyers. Assisted negotiation is the agreement reached at the end of a conciliatory procedure conducted by the parties with the assistance of two lawyers in which the spouses have expressed their commitment to cooperate in good faith and with loyalty to resolve their relationships in a manner friendly. The agreement is drawn up in writing and must be signed by lawyers who certify its compliance with mandatory regulations and public order and who certify the authenticity of the spouses' signatures.
This agreement, which must be examined by the public prosecutor and sent to the civil status for the necessary annotations, therefore has the same effects as the separation / divorce provision that is approved by the court. Also in this case the presence of minor or non-self-sufficient children changes things: in the absence of children: the consensual agreement is sent to the public prosecutor at the competent court which, if it does not identify irregularities, notifies the lawyers for all fulfillments. in the presence of children: the agreement must be sent within 10 days to the public prosecutor at the competent court, which authorizes it, if it deems it in line with the interest of the children.