Civil law contains the legal rules that regulate the everyday life relations of both private life and private transactions that take place within the framework of a state. The basic rules contained in the Civil Code have as their sources of law the written and unwritten law, laws and customs.

An in-depth knowledge of Civil Law is a prerequisite for handling issues in all branches of law. The law firm of Marianthi Petra undertakes a wide range of civil law cases such as traffic accidents, industrial accidents, labour disputes, representation at the labour inspectorate and the social security office, divorces by consent and by litigation, child support cases, custody, adult and juvenile adoptions, injunctions, challenge and recognition of paternity, appointment of a guardian of a minor, distribution of real estate, compensation, tenancy disputes, recognition of the res judicata of a foreign judgment, corrections of civil status documents, payment – disclaimers of inheritance, publication of wills, applications for judicial assistance.