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Criminal proceedings for unpaid maintenance
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Non-payment of maintenance
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What it means
Criminally relevant non-payment of financial obligations towards a spouse or children within the statutory cases. Specific elements must be proved; inability to pay cannot automatically be equated with criminal non-payment.
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Spanish Criminal Code · art. 227
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