Questions for lawyers Found 20

My spouse and I in Malta have been living completely separately for over four years now, but they are refusing to agree to a divorce and don’t want to sign anything. Does this mean I’m simply stuck married indefinitely, or can I actually pursue a divorce without their consent?

I’m considering pursuing an annulment of my marriage in Malta rather than a divorce, since I believe there were serious issues present even at the time we got married. What’s actually the difference in outcome, and what would I need to show for an annulment to succeed?

I have a child with my former partner in Malta, but we were never married. Now that we’ve separated, I’m concerned about what legal rights I actually have as the father regarding custody, access, and involvement in decisions about our child, given we don’t have the same married status.

My partner and I in Malta have been living together for several years without getting married, and we’re considering formalising some aspects of our financial arrangement through a written agreement between ourselves. Does Maltese law actually recognise or enforce this kind of cohabitation agreement, given we’re not married?

My spouse and I are separating in Malta and we have one child together. I want to understand roughly how child maintenance payments are actually calculated here, since we haven’t been able to agree on a figure ourselves and I want to know what a court might consider reasonable.

My son and his wife separated in Malta, and since then, my access to my grandchildren has been severely restricted by their mother, despite having had a close relationship with them beforehand. Do grandparents actually have any legal standing in Malta to request formal access rights, or is this purely something only parents can seek?

I’m going through a separation in Malta and there has been a history of domestic violence in our relationship that I believe is relevant to how issues like custody and the overall separation should be decided. How does Maltese family law actually treat this kind of history when determining separation and custody matters?

My ex and I separated in Malta and share custody of our child, but they’ve already introduced our child to a new romantic partner very quickly, which I feel is inappropriate this early on. Do I have any legal ability to restrict or influence this kind of decision, or is it entirely up to them during their own custody time?

I’ve separated from my child’s other parent in Malta and I would like to change our child’s surname, mainly to reflect our new family situation. Can I do this on my own as the parent they primarily live with, or does the other parent need to agree?

I started and built a business entirely on my own during our marriage in Malta, my spouse had no involvement whatsoever in running or growing it. Now that we’re separating, I’m worried they’ll claim half of it simply because we were married while I built it. Is that actually how it would work under Maltese law?