Family disputes

Recovery, modification, and termination of alimony

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Alimony is a legal obligation to provide financial support to family members who require it in cases предусмотрених законом. Alimony is typically awarded for the maintenance of children and/or a spouse following divorce.

We provide full support at all stages:

  • Recovery of alimony

    If a person refuses to pay alimony voluntarily, it can be recovered through compulsory enforcement based on a court decision. A lawyer will assist with filing a claim and determining the amount of monthly payments.

  • Modification of alimony

    The amount of alimony is not fixed and, under certain circumstances, it may be modified — either increased or reduced. A family lawyer will help carefully assess the situation, identify the necessary evidence, and build strong arguments to protect your interests.

  • Termination of alimony

    Legal support in terminating the obligation to pay alimony in cases предусмотрених законом (such as a child reaching the age of majority, adoption, etc.).

  • Conclusion of a contract (agreement)

    If a person did not want to voluntarily pay alimony, but during their collection it was possible to settle their collection by concluding a settlement agreement in court or by concluding a notarized agreement with the simultaneous closure of the trial on the grounds of settlement of the dispute. The lawyer will help with the preparation and signing of the agreement or agreements and the closure of the trial.

The recovery, modification, or termination of alimony is a complex legal process that requires clear argumentation and strict compliance with legal requirements. Without proper legal support, difficulties may arise in court or during enforcement proceedings, which can significantly delay the process or complicate it for the claimant. Therefore, assistance from a family lawyer is essential for the successful resolution of such cases.

By engaging our law firm, you receive high-quality legal support — a key factor in effectively resolving your case and ensuring your financial stability in the future.

We have many years of experience handling alimony cases in Kharkiv and understand how sensitive disputes between parents can be, particularly when it comes to determining the порядок and amount of alimony payments. In addition to legal services, each client receives personal support at every stage of the process. Our goal is to achieve fairness for the client, as well as peace of mind and confidence in the future.

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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.