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Termination of parental rights or reinstatement of parental rights

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Termination of parental rights or reinstatement of parental rights in Kharkiv is a complex judicial procedure aimed at protecting the best interests of the child and determining the legal rights and obligations of the parents.

We provide full support at all stages:

  • Preparation of legal documents

    A lawyer collects and verifies the documents required for the termination or reinstatement of parental rights, including evidence of improper performance of parental duties, conclusions of guardianship authorities, references, certificates, and other materials. All documents are prepared in accordance with judicial practice requirements.

  • Legal assessment of violations

    A comprehensive legal assessment of the case circumstances and the grounds for termination or reinstatement of parental rights is conducted, including an evaluation of risks and prospects. The lawyer explains the legal consequences of the court decision and develops a well-founded legal position.

  • Legal support in filing claims

    A lawyer prepares and files the statement of claim, ensures the correctness of procedural actions, represents the client’s interests in court, and interacts with guardianship authorities. Compliance with procedural deadlines and requirements of procedural law is strictly monitored.

  • Post-hearing protection of interests

    After the decision is issued, a lawyer advises on its enforcement, possible appeal, and further actions related to the exercise or restriction of parental rights. If necessary, continued legal support is provided in related family law disputes.

Termination or reinstatement of parental rights in Kharkiv is a complex and legally sensitive procedure that requires strict compliance with family law, proper preparation of evidence, and a thorough understanding of judicial practice. Errors in document preparation, lack of convincing evidence, or an incorrectly chosen legal strategy may lead to a court refusal or delays in the proceedings, directly affecting the interests of the child and the parties involved.

By engaging our law firm in Kharkiv, you receive comprehensive legal support in cases involving the termination or reinstatement of parental rights at every stage. We analyze the circumstances of the case, collect and prepare the necessary evidence, develop a well-founded legal position, draft procedural documents, represent the client’s interests in court, and liaise with guardianship and custody authorities.

We have extensive practical experience in handling family law cases in Kharkiv and understand how sensitive matters related to parental rights, upbringing, and the protection of a child’s interests are. Each case is handled individually, taking into account specific life circumstances and current judicial practice. Our goal is to ensure legal certainty, protect the interests of the child, and provide the client with confidence in a fair and well-grounded 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.