{"id":567,"date":"2018-07-19T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T08:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.65.127.138\/?p=567"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:14:13","slug":"degrees-of-kinship-and-affinity-under-italian-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxing.it\/it\/degrees-of-kinship-and-affinity-under-italian-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Degrees of Kinship and Affinity Under Italian Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"567\" class=\"elementor elementor-567\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dd5e837 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5dd5e837\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-159928a1\" data-id=\"159928a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a48b362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a48b362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Italian Civil Code (Articles 74 ff) contain the criteria for determining\u00a0the degree of kinship and affinity of your relatives.\u00a0 This degree is a fundamental concept in Italian law and is an essential part of, among other things, the rules of inheritance and succession.<\/p><p>The table in the pdf document below below the degrees of kinship between you and one of your relatives under Italian law.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db93aa1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db93aa1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98d61a8\" data-id=\"98d61a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e55b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"47e55b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Your Relatives' Degree of Kinship<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<table>\r\n  <thead>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <th scope=\"col\">Relative<\/th>\r\n      <th scope=\"col\">Degree &amp; 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