Our Law Firm at Despacho Juridico SLS has 25 years of experience serving our Salvadoran community anywhere in the United States in the preparation of Power of Attorney Letters for banks, divorces, purchases and sales and mortgages of land and properties, recognition of children, wills, intestate succession processes, problems with names, surnames and dates of birth, deeds of Recognition and rectification of identity in El Salvador, any legal procedure in El Salvador from the United States.

OUR GUARANTEE is that All documents are prepared by Salvadoran lawyers authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice in El Salvador to practice from the United States.

If the minor is accompanied by only one parent, the absent parent must issue an authorization with a legalized signature before a Salvadoran Lawyer duly authorized to practice abroad by the Supreme Court of Justice, issuing an authorization through a power of attorney. which authorizes the parent accompanying the procedure to obtain the Salvadoran passport of the minor.

In order for a person to dissolve their marriage, it is necessary to present DUI, NIT, and birth certificates of each of the interested parties.

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The birth certificates of the children of the marriage

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Public deed or power granted in favor of the lawyer who will represent the interested spouse. A divorce or dissolution of marriage is a judicial procedure initiated by an authorized attorney or attorneys to obtain a ruling declaring the marriage bond dissolved.

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Once the divorce decree is obtained, the Family Judge will inform the Head of the Family State Registry of the municipalities where the birth certificates of the interested parties are registered, order the cancellation of the marriage certificate and a separate record of the divorce.

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Those interested must obtain new identification documents with their new family status, marginalized birth certificates with the corresponding divorce.

The procedures for rectification of the birth certificate are carried out in a procedure in which the interested party or his representative appears before a Salvadoran duly authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador so that he can order the correction of an error or an omission committed in your birth registration.

Looking for alternatives, to solve the problems of our Salvadoran brothers abroad, we have created services for processing and delivering items outside the country.

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Service description:

The service consists of the necessary procedures to obtain your birth certificate or any other type, in any mayor's office in El Salvador, and its sending to the address that you provide us anywhere in the world.

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What the service includes and does not include:

The service includes travel and processing in any municipality, payment of the corresponding municipal taxes and the cost of shipping. It does not include any additional procedures or correction of errors in the games.

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What we need from you:

For birth certificate: The full name of the person, place and date of birth, full name of the parents.

For death certificate: The full name of the person, place and date of death, full name of the parents.

For marriage certificate: The full name of the spouses; place and date of the marriage, name of the authorizing authority.

For divorce certificate: The full name of the spouses; Court that decreed the divorce, date of the divorce decree.

The procedures for rectification of the birth certificate are carried out in a procedure in which the interested party or his representative appears before a Salvadoran duly authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador so that he can order the correction of an error or an omission committed in your birth registration.

Recognition of Children Outside the United States paternity can be established:

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By Ministry of Law

By voluntary recognition

By provoked recognition

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The establishment of paternity of children is subject to challenge by the people to whom the law has given powers.

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Who can challenge Voluntary Paternity Recognition?

The children, the father's ancestors, and those who have an interest. Having to prove that the son has not been able to have the recognizer as his father, this right expires ninety days after the day in which he became aware of the act (recognition) in the case of the father's ancestors; and for the other interested parties within three hundred days + after they have a current interest in it.

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This action against the child is imprescriptible. must be initiated before the competent Family Judge; and in the event that the person who initiates the process of challenging voluntary recognition of paternity is the minor child, he must be represented by his father, or by the Attorney General of the Republic, as appropriate.

The procedures for rectification of the birth certificate are carried out in a procedure in which the interested party or his representative appears before a Salvadoran duly authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador so that he can order the correction of an error or an omission committed in your birth registration.

At the Salvadorean Legal Service Law Firm we are specialists in Family Law, in the following areas:

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Marriages

Powers to contract marriages

Marriage in article mortis

Annulment of marriage

Non-contentious divorce

Contentious divorce

Adoptions

Voluntary recognition of children

Provoked recognition of children

Maternity or paternity challenge

Challenge to voluntary recognition of children

Loss of parental authority

Useful and necessary procedures

Precautionary or protective measures

Declaration of non-marital union or status as cohabitant, etc.

Our Legal Firm Despacho Juridico SLS offers settlement and registration services for Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates that occurred in the country for the community of Salvadorans residing abroad.

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Related professional services in the family area:

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Marriage

Recognition of children

Identities

Name adjustments

Divorces

Marriage annulments

Paternity challenge

Food quotas

Parental Authority Designations

Rectifications of birth, marriage or death certificates

Subsidiary civil status procedures for birth certificates

Marriage or death proceedings

Document translation procedures

Civil Lawsuits

Supplementary Titles for Rustic Land in El Salvador

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Civil legislation of El Salvador, allows us the possibility that the owner who lacks a written domain title, or if he has one, is not registrable, may register his right by demonstrating the essential requirement to be able to obtain a supplementary domain title, in good faith. of the property, for a period of more than ten years, in an immobile, peaceful and uninterrupted manner. The Supplementary Title proceedings can be initiated in a Civil Court or, where appropriate, before a Public Authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice in El Salvador. The interested party in the application must express the nature, surface measurement, boundaries of the property that the owner intends to own. Once the application has been submitted, the edicts must be published in the Official Gazette in order to make the proceedings being followed publicly known. Once 15 days have passed after the last publication, the legal procedures will continue; summoning witnesses and neighbors in order to inspect the boundaries of the land. If there is no opposition, the requested registration will be sent to the Registry to be developed.

Acceptance of Inheritance in El Salvador

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It is the legal fact that the person called by law by law or character of the deceased to a process, assumes the status of heir. We point out that he assumes and does not acquire, because he is an heir upon the death of the deceased; Therefore, with the acceptance you assume his commitments. There is no obligation to accept inheritance, since 4 situations can occur:

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1) accept inheritance purely and simply

2) accept inheritance under inventory benefit

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El Salvador, inheritance can be in two ways:

3) intestate Does not express his will in a will.

4) testate: The deceased executed a will, expressing his last disposition of assets, at the time of death.

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Who may be called to accept inheritance?

The children, the father, the mother and the spouse, and, where applicable, the surviving cohabitant

Grandparents and other ancestors; grandchildren the father who has voluntarily recognized his son

Brothers

The nephews

The guys

The first cousins

The University of El Salvador and hospitals

Title Procedures

Executive Trials in El Salvador An Executive Trial is the procedure that is used at the request of the creditor against his delinquent debtor to briefly and quickly demand payment of the liquid amount owed overdue and by virtue of an indubitable document "The Executive Trial is "the summary judgment that was introduced in favor of the creditors so that, through ordinary means, the defaulting debtors could achieve the respective collection or payment of their credits, without being distracted from the performance of their duties as a merchant."

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Executive Trials in El Salvador

An Executive Trial is the procedure that is used at the request of the creditor against his delinquent debtor to briefly and quickly demand payment of the liquid amount owed to him overdue and by virtue of an indubitable document "The Executive Trial is the summary judgment that is introduced in favor of creditors so that, through ordinary means, defaulting debtors could achieve the respective collection or payment of their credits, without being distracted from the performance of their duties as a merchant."

General Civil Trials El Salvador

In our legal office of Despacho Juridico SLS we have the experience to represent our clients before the civil service court in charge of procedures and requirements to file civil lawsuits.

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Inheritances

Wills

presumed death

Absence proceedings

Sales

Donations

Mortgages and pledges

Mortgage cancellations

Property rectification procedures

Property remeasurement proceedings

Studies and investigations of registry contracts

Criminal law

The Legal Firm of Despacho Juridico SLS is led by trial lawyers, with more than 25 years of experience in the different courts of the country. The most common cases and procedures that we represent are: Defenses, complaints, accusations (all of this followed from the initial investigation procedures at the prosecutor's office, through initial, preliminary hearings until reaching the sentencing hearing. Criminal defenses for detained persons or accusations against people responsible for traffic accidents.

All types of Lawsuits or Criminal Accusations

If one or both spouses want to dissolve their marriage and are abroad, the requirements would be the following:

Deed of Divorce Agreement, in which they name a Lawyer who will ratify the agreement they sign, as well as the grounds under which they will divorce, that is, the spouse who will have custody, personal care and legal representation of the children will be named. (MINORS) in the marriage, the visitation regime, alimony that the parents will contribute for the benefit of their children; If they have assets and were married under a deferred community regime, they must specify how said assets will be distributed. (This deed will have to be carried out before the Offices of a Salvadoran duly Authorized by the supreme court of Justice in El Salvador, not before a Public of the United States of North America.

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Deed of General Judicial Power with Special Clause

• Certifications of birth certificates of the spouses, of children, if any, and of Marriage (in the event that they do not have said certificates, the Legal Office of Salvadorean Legal Service will process them in the registered departments). In conclusion, to carry out a divorce, you need the Mutual Consent Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the certifications of the birth certificates (spouses and children) and Marriage. If one of the spouses is in El Salvador and the other in the United States, the requirements would be the same, with the difference that the one who is in the United States must send a Power of Attorney that authorizes the Lawyer to represent him or her. The Divorce Agreement will indicate in the Power of Attorney that you will represent you in the Family Court in this Process.

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When the Divorce is by Mutual Consent, the divorce request can be filed in any Family Court, since they are Voluntary Jurisdiction proceedings. If the other person does not agree, the power of attorney will empower the Lawyer to continue the Divorce Process either by the cause of Absolute Separation (if they have already been separated for more than a year) or by the other cause which is that of Intolerable life together (when they have been separated for less than a year, this case is very rare in the case of foreigners ), and also the aforementioned games.

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If the separation is absolute or for other reasons, the lawsuit will be filed in the jurisdiction where the defendant resides.

Personal Care Lawsuits

Home Delivery of Certificates and Certificates of Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce El Salvador in the United States:

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At the legal office of Despacho Juridico SLS, Lawyers in the United States and El Salvador, we have the service of requesting and delivering documents from El Salvador to any part of the United States and takes them to where you need them. We work directly with all Mayor's Offices, and the RNPN National Registry for Natural Persons and we bring them to you by DHL. We work hand in hand to deliver certified documents to our compatriots in the United States from inside the country as well as outside our borders.

Our Legal Firm at Despacho Juridico SLS has international express shipments; of legal documents from the United States to El Salvador and from El Salvador to the United States We facilitate your sending of documents anywhere in the Republic of El Salvador.

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