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Support before child welfare authorities (alternative dispute resolution)

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Support before child welfare authorities in Kharkiv is legal and organizational assistance aimed at the alternative resolution of family disputes, taking into account the best interests of the child and legal requirements.

We provide full support at all stages:

  • Preparation of legal documents

    A lawyer analyzes the circumstances of the family conflict, reviews documents relating to the child and the parents, and prepares applications, explanations, and other materials for submission to child welfare authorities, taking into account the best interests of the child.

  • Legal assessment of violations

    A legal assessment is conducted of the actions or inaction of the parties, the child’s living conditions, the parents’ involvement in the child’s upbringing, and other factors relevant to the alternative resolution of the dispute without court proceedings.

  • Assistance in dealings with child welfare authorities

    A lawyer organizes and supports communication with child welfare authorities, monitors the submission of documents, participation in meetings, and compliance with established procedures and deadlines.

  • Post-hearing protection of interests

    After recommendations or conclusions are issued, a lawyer advises on further steps, monitors their implementation, and, if necessary, provides additional legal support to ensure the stability of the arrangements.

Support before child welfare authorities in Kharkiv is professional legal assistance aimed at the alternative resolution of family disputes, with priority given to the best interests of the child. Such situations often arise in disputes between parents regarding living arrangements, upbringing, participation in the child’s life, or the performance of parental responsibilities. In the absence of constructive communication, engaging with child welfare authorities with legal support helps prevent escalation of the conflict and avoid court proceedings.

By engaging our law firm in Kharkiv, you receive comprehensive legal support in your interaction with child welfare authorities at every stage. We analyze the circumstances of the case, prepare the necessary applications, explanations, and documents, support communication with the authorities, monitor compliance with procedures and deadlines, and explain available options for amicable dispute resolution.

We have extensive practical experience in cases involving child welfare authorities in Kharkiv and understand how important well-balanced decisions are for the stability of family relations and the psychological well-being of the child. Each case is handled individually, taking into account specific circumstances, the positions of the parties, and the recommendations of the competent authorities. Our goal is to achieve legal certainty, reduce conflict, and provide the client with confidence in the outcome.

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.