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We provide the best legal advice in civil matters to clients: individuals and companies in Guatemala. 

We provide the best legal advice to clients: individuals and companies in Guatemala. 

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The best legal advice in civil matters

What is civil law?

In civil matters, the lawyer's profession is practiced for the assistance of any of the parties to the proceedings, such as: assistant lawyer to the plaintiff, assistant lawyer to the defendant or third parties.

In civil matters in Guatemala several types of lawsuits are processed, among the most common are:

  • Ordinary trials: these are the trials that do not have any denomination, do not have a time limit for their presentation, but it is the assistant lawyer of the plaintiff who analyzes the norm, and makes the respective presentation.

  • Summary trials: these are the trials that are totally classified in the Guatemalan civil procedural law, through which one must claim rights that every person has, they have a specific matter to process them, and from this classification one cannot get out.

  • Executive trials: are the trials that arise as a consequence of the existence of executive titles, these executive titles are: testimonies of public deeds, sentences, orders or resolutions, that order a certain action or obligation to be fulfilled by a person. 

The different phases of a civil trial

All these trials have different phases, within which they are found:

1) The demand:It is the writing, in which the statement or rights of the actor, or plaintiff, is made, offering the respective evidence and making the respective request.

2) The answer to the complaint: It is the document in which the opposition or disagreement of the defendant is made, responding to the statements of the actor in his complaint, so he must also offer evidence to prove what he claims.

3) Proceedings: This is a stage of the civil process, in which the means of proof offered in the lawsuit and answer to the lawsuit are examined, each one supporting and proving their respective thesis or hypothesis, which must be evaluated in the sentence, in order to obtain a sentence that accepts or does not accept the lawsuit or answer to the lawsuit. And this is mostly done in written form.

4) Sentence: This is the document issued or dictated by the judge who hears the case, which summarizes the statements of the plaintiff and the defendant, and on the basis of the total analysis dictates a sentence accepting or not the complaint and answer.

5) Contestations: It is the means by which the resolutions issued by the judge are contested, to be confirmed, revoked.

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<We advise any of the parties in relation to ordinary, summary and executive trials before the competent jurisdictional bodies, analyzing their rights and obligations and, above all, analyzing the documents that are the basis of these trials, such as public deeds, final judgments, orders or final resolutions.

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In SERNICE we work with all types of clients from entrepreneurs, small and medium enterprises, nationally renowned companies and individuals. Regardless of their size or location, in SERNICE we work hard to provide the best attention and personalized service to all of our customers, being their satisfaction our number one goal. Contact us to analyze your specific situation and provide you with a personalized strategy by clicking here →

Yes! We have worked and served more than 100 individuals, providing our personalized legal advice and accompaniment at every stage of the process. Contact us by clicking here →, it will be a pleasure for us to serve you.

We have two physical offices located in San Marcos and Concepción Tutuapa:

  • San Marcos Office: 8th avenue 12-26, zone 1, San Marcos, San Marcos, Guatemala
  • Concepción Tutuapa Office: 4th street 2-37, zone 1, Concepción Tutuapa, San Marcos, Guatemala (Next to the municipal park of Concepción Tutuapa)
We invite you to visit us Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm to discuss your case and provide you with a personalized solution. To see more information about our locations click here

No. Although we have offices located in San Marcos, we work with clients from all over the Republic of Guatemala as well as with international clients through a combination of virtual and face-to-face accompaniment that is 100% personalized, guaranteeing satisfaction and results for our clients. For individual clients or companies outside of San Marcos and Quetzaltenango we offer a legal outsourcing service to solve cases and act as a 'strategic ally' in the area. Contact us for more information by clicking here →

We offer a service of accompaniment and legal advice of quality and prestige to international companies, companies located in San Marcos, Quetzaltenango and the rest of the Republic of Guatemala. Particularly to companies located in other departments of the country, we offer legal outsourcing services to solve cases and act as a 'strategic ally' in the departments of San Marcos and Quetzaltenango. Contact us without obligation to offer you a 100 percent customized solution according to your company's needs by clicking here →

We offer both virtual and face-to-face consultations, adjusting to your preference and time availability, maintaining the quality and personalization of our legal advice and support regardless of the medium you choose. Our virtual consultations are carried out through video calls via Zoom, Google Meet or similar platforms. Contact us and schedule your consultation by clicking here →, we are here to serve you!

We can assist you and provide you with our complete legal support and advice in the languages 'Spanish', 'English' and 'Mam'. Contact us now by clicking here →, it will be a pleasure to serve you.

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