Family and Inheritance Law
Family law, as an academic discipline, covers the following areas:
- Marriage law — governs the relations between spouses arising upon entering into marriage, the content of their mutual relations and the termination of marriage;
- Parental law — governs the relations between parents and children (the concept, content, rights and duties);
- Adoption — the concept, the conditions under which it is established, the rights and duties of the adopter and the adoptee, and the termination of adoption;
- Guardianship — an institution whose purpose is to protect minors without parental care, as well as adults unable to care for themselves; the concept and the procedure for placing a person under guardianship;
- Maintenance within the family — as an expression of solidarity among its members;
- The property aspects of property relations in marriage and in a non-marital union.
Annulment of marriage
Under the Family Act, a marriage will be annulled if it is established that impediments to marriage existed at the time it was concluded. Our office represents clients throughout the entire marriage annulment procedure.
Divorce
Divorce proceedings may be initiated:
- by mutual consent of the spouses;
- at the request of one of the spouses, where the marital relations are disrupted to such an extent that living together has become unbearable;
- at the request of a spouse, where the marital union has in fact ceased to exist for more than one year.
Divorce proceedings can be distressing and confusing, which is precisely why we are experienced in providing clear legal advice and representation at every stage.
Additional services
In addition, we also provide the following services:
- Prenuptial agreements — drafting, amending and consultation;
- Initial determination or change of property relations between spouses during the marriage — joint marital property (community of property) or a regime of separate property;
- Divorce proceedings for divorce by mutual consent or divorce based on the fault of one spouse;
- Claims for a larger share of the property acquired during the marriage;
- Various matrimonial claims.