Divorce and the hoped-for cessation of all civil effects of marriage despite alimony: awaiting new legislation on agreements to regulate personal and property relationships, including prenuptial agreements.

Di Sandro Nardi -
  The following comment is based on a recent essay that was highly critical of a ruling on the issue of alimony from the United Sections of the Italian Court of Cassation.[1] While the debate on this issue began after the 1987 reform of the divorce Act,[2]it was further developed in the literature[3]and case law following an about-face by the Supreme Court that echoed the aforesaid ruling of the United Sections of the Italian Court of Cassation.[4] The issue is about the function of alimony, that is whether it is intended to guarantee a divorced spouse without adequate means the same standard of living he/she had during the marriage or to guarantee a life of dignity if he/she is not economi. . .