Family disputes

Dissolution of marriage

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Divorce in Kharkiv is a form of legal assistance aimed at protecting the rights and interests of spouses in matters related to the termination of marriage, division of property, determination of a child’s place of residence, establishment of a visitation schedule, and the resolution of related family disputes.

We provide full support at all stages:

  • Preparation of legal documents

    A lawyer analyzes the circumstances of the divorce, reviews family-related documents, and prepares legally substantiated applications, statements of claim, or petitions to terminate the marriage, resolve related matters, and protect the client’s rights.

  • Legal assessment of violations

    A legal assessment is conducted of the actions or inaction of the other spouse in divorce cases, including matters related to the division of property, participation in the upbringing of children, alimony obligations, and other family legal relations.

  • Legal support in filing claims

    A lawyer ensures the proper and timely submission of applications and claims to the court or other authorities, monitors compliance with procedural deadlines, and represents the client’s interests at all stages of the proceedings.

  • Post-hearing protection of interests

    After reviewing the case, the lawyer advises on further actions, monitors the receipt of court decisions on divorce, and, if necessary, provides further legal protection for the client.

A consultation on divorce in Kharkiv is a legally grounded process of providing legal support to spouses in cases of termination of family relations. Situations related to divorce, division of jointly owned property, determination of a child’s place of residence, establishment of contact arrangements, or recovery of alimony may have significant legal, financial, and emotional consequences. Therefore, timely legal consultation is essential for properly assessing the circumstances of the case and choosing the most effective way to resolve it.

By seeking legal consultation on divorce, you receive a professional analysis of your situation, clarification of the rights and obligations of the spouses, and a clear understanding of the next steps. A lawyer analyzes family and property-related documents, circumstances of cohabitation, judicial practice, available evidence, and potential risks, forming a well-founded legal position for pre-trial settlement or representation in court.

Each divorce case is handled individually, taking into account specific life circumstances, the client’s interests, and current judicial practice. The purpose of the consultation is to ensure legal certainty, minimize conflicts, protect the rights of the parties, and provide the client with confidence in the chosen legal strategy.

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Our cases

Termination of parental rights

Enquiry:

His father, a businessman, did not want to be formally deprived of his parental rights and refused to pay child support. He participated in the proceedings through a solicitor and contested the claim.

What we do:

  • A series of reports were prepared and submitted to law enforcement and tax authorities to substantiate the illegal income schemes.
  • We conducted negotiations and ensured that the notarised documents were signed.
  • They drew up a legal strategy and succeeded in getting the father to admit the claim in court.

Result:

The court stripped him of his parental rights, and the child was placed in the care of a guardian who genuinely looks after her.

Case concerning the dissolution of a marriage registered in the UAE

Enquiry:

Such divorces are considered the most complex due to the possibility that the laws of a foreign country may apply, or because it may not be possible at all to hear the case in a Ukrainian court. The wife (our client) wished to divorce her foreign husband, with whom she had several children, all born and registered in various Arab countries. The marriage was registered in the UAE. Ukrainian courts require the original marriage certificate and retain it in the case file, but we did not have the original of this document. The couple had previously lived together in a foreign country, and under international law it was possible to apply the law of a foreign (Arab) state, which the husband sought to do in order to take the children.

What we do:

  • A court in Poltava refused to open proceedings due to the absence of the original marriage certificate and other objections regarding the lack of jurisdiction of the Ukrainian court over the case.
  • We filed for divorce at one of the courts in Kharkiv, having previously had two other cases on behalf of the client heard at the same court (concerning maintenance and determining the children’s place of residence with their mother) and won them.

Result:

We secured a court ruling granting a divorce without the original marriage certificate and in the absence of the respondent (the husband), obtained child support from the father, and established that the child would live with the mother.

Case concerning the termination of parental rights and adoption

Enquiry:

The client lived in a district town and sought to have the father’s parental rights terminated, as he had been absent from the child’s life for many years – he had not been in contact and had provided no support. However, the local child welfare service in that town was sympathetic to the father because they knew his family, who did not want their son to have his parental rights terminated, claiming it would be ‘a disgrace to the whole town’. The local child welfare service refused to assist, and so there was virtually no chance of winning the case in the district court.

What we do:

  • they registered the client in Kharkiv and enrolled her child in a school in Kharkiv; they brought the case before one of the courts in Kharkiv and also involved the Child Welfare Service in Kharkiv,
  • we received a favourable opinion from the Child Welfare Service regarding the appropriateness of terminating the child’s father’s parental rights, and we also obtained a court ruling in our favour,
  • The next step, also in one of the courts in Kharkiv, was the adoption of the child by the client’s husband.

Result:

The child’s ‘legal father’ was his wife’s husband, who had in fact already been fulfilling the role and duties of a father.