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Recovery of penalties for non-payment or late payment of alimony

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Collection of penalties for non-payment or late payment of alimony is a lawful means of holding the debtor financially liable and protecting the child’s rights in cases of breach of alimony obligations.

We provide full support at all stages:

  • Preparation of legal documents

    A lawyer collects and prepares the necessary documents for the recovery of penalties for non-payment or late payment of alimony, analyzes court decisions, enforcement documents, calculations of arrears, and other materials required to substantiate the claim.

  • Legal assessment of violations

    A detailed legal assessment is conducted of the grounds for accruing penalties, the accuracy of arrears calculations is verified, and compliance with statutory deadlines and legal requirements is reviewed. The lawyer explains potential risks, the prospects of the case, and the optimal legal strategy.

  • Legal support in filing claims

    A lawyer ensures the preparation and filing of the statement of claim with the court, monitors compliance with procedural deadlines, represents the client’s interests during the proceedings, and interacts with other parties involved in the case.

  • Post-hearing protection of interests

    After the decision is issued, a lawyer advises on its enforcement, supports the recovery of penalties within enforcement proceedings, and, if necessary, ensures further legal protection of the client’s interests.

Collection of penalties for non-payment or late payment of alimony in Kharkiv is a legally sensitive process that requires strict compliance with family and procedural law, accurate calculation of arrears, and proper substantiation of the penalty amount. Without professional legal assistance, even minor errors in calculations, documentation, or filing deadlines may lead to the rejection of claims or a reduction in the amount recovered.

By engaging our law firm in Kharkiv, you receive comprehensive legal support in cases involving the recovery of alimony penalties at every stage. We analyze court decisions and enforcement documents, verify the existence and amount of arrears, prepare statements of claim and substantiated penalty calculations, and support the case throughout court proceedings.

We have extensive practical experience in cases related to liability for non-payment of alimony and fully understand the importance of timely and effective protection of the child’s rights. Each case is handled individually, taking into account specific circumstances, the debtor’s conduct, and current judicial practice. Our goal is to ensure effective recovery of penalties, legal certainty, and the client’s confidence in the outcome.

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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.