Family disputes

Granting permission for marriage to a minor by the court

Granting a court permission to marry a minor in Kharkiv is legal assistance to protect the rights and legitimate interests of a minor in matters of marriage, taking into account the requirements of the law and specific life circumstances.

We provide full support at all stages:

  • Preparation of documents

    The lawyer analyzes the family circumstances of the case, the documents of the minor and the future spouse, prepares a legally substantiated application to the court for permission to marry, taking into account the requirements of the law and the interests of the minor.

  • Legal analysis of the grounds

    A legal analysis is conducted of the circumstances justifying the need for a court-ordered marriage license, including age, living conditions, relationship between the parties, position of parents or legal representatives, and other important factors.

  • Application submission support

    The lawyer ensures the correct and timely submission of the application to the court, represents the client's interests during the case review process, and monitors compliance with all procedural requirements and deadlines.

  • Protection of interests after consideration

    After the court decision is made, the lawyer advises on further actions, accompanies the execution of the court decision, and, if necessary, provides additional legal assistance to the client.

Consultation on granting a marriage permit to a minor in Kharkiv is a legally balanced process of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of a minor in cases where marriage is possible only by court decision. Situations related to the need to obtain such a permit, assessment of life circumstances, level of maturity, living conditions and future family relations can have important legal and social consequences. That is why timely consultation with a lawyer is key to correctly assessing the circumstances of the case and choosing the optimal way to resolve it.

By seeking legal advice on granting a marriage permit to a minor, you receive a professional analysis of the situation, clarification of the rights and obligations of the parties and a clear understanding of further actions. The lawyer analyzes the family circumstances, documents of the minor, the position of the parents or legal representatives, judicial practice, available evidence and possible risks, forming a well-founded legal position for going to court.

Each case regarding the granting of a marriage permit to a minor by a court is considered individually, taking into account the specific life circumstances, the interests of the minor and current judicial practice. The purpose of the consultation is to ensure legal certainty, compliance with the requirements of the law and the client's confidence in the validity of 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.