Since last March, the City of Buenos Aires intensified operations to detect delinquent alimony payees at football stadiums and concerts, a measure incorporated after the regime reform approved by the city's Legislature. In nearly 100 operations carried out by the Ministries of Justice and Security, 75 registered individuals were detected: 39 at football stadiums and 34 at massive cultural events. The tightening of controls is part of a broader public policy aimed at guaranteeing the right to alimony and discouraging non-compliance. In this framework, the City has already signed agreements with 14 provinces to coordinate actions, exchange information, and prevent debtors from using a change of jurisdiction as a mechanism to evade responsibilities.
The Icardi case exposes a structural reality: the right to alimony is not exhausted by the eventual payment of a debt, but by the effective and sustained fulfillment of a legal obligation. Removal from the Registry is not automatic, but rather a further step in a system designed to ensure that non-compliance has consequences. Currently, more than 11,000 people are registered in the RPAM, according to official data.
As established by current regulations, registration is only reversed when the intervening court expressly orders the removal, once the debt is fully paid. The high-profile case puts a little-known but far-reaching rule back on the agenda: paying the overdue alimony installment does not automatically remove one from the Registry, as learned by the Argentine News Agency. To stop appearing in the RPAM, the alimony payer—or their lawyer—must request removal through a judicial and administrative procedure, which also includes the payment of a fee of $251,970. Until this process is completed, the name remains visible in the RPAM, with all the legal and practical consequences that entails.
Icardi's presence in the Registry occurs in a context of increased state control.
