Family Law and Divorce lawyers in Russia

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Welcome to Family Law and Divorce in Russia
This website is designed as an entry point for
those needing legal assistance and seeks to make
their dealings with Russian family
law and divorce law as easy as possible. Whether
it be marriage, parental matters, marriage
property settlements, prenuptial agreement,
marriage contract, spouse support, child support
or divorce procedure, this website will serve you
as a guide on various aspects of Russian family
law, separation and divorce. 
Catherine HeathBarrister, Doctor of Law
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RUSSIAN DIVORCE
Divorce Procedure
The Russian family law provides for two types of
the marriage termination procedure Judicial and
Administrative. The administrative divorce is
granted by the Civil Acts Registration Office
(commonly known as ZAGS). It is generally
available to those couples who do not have minor
children of the relationship and have reached a
mutual agreement to divorce. The judicial
procedure of marriage termination applies in all
cases where the couple has children under the age
of 18 or when the husband or the wife contests
the divorce or when one of them is unwilling or
unable to lodge a joint divorce application with
the Civil Acts Registration Office.
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Restrictions on Making a Divorce Application
If the divorce proceedings have already been
issued in a different jurisdiction, and are
pending the hearing or have been heard, court may
dismiss the divorce application. Another
important limitation is that an application
to divorce cannot be filed during the wifes
pregnancy and until the child becomes one year of
age, unless the wife agrees to that or files the
divorce application herself.
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CHILD CUSTODY
Child custody and parental rights and
responsibilities

• Russian courts have authority to hear child
  custody, parental responsibility and other
  matters concerning parental rights and duties,
  that involve foreign nationals if
• the defendant parent has a place of residence in
  Russia
• the defendant parent has property in Russia
• in child support and paternity matters the
  plaintiff is a Russian resident.
• It is possible that the case could potentially be
  heard by courts in various jurisdictions. There
  will be pros and cons to those options, which
  should be discussed with your lawyer.

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WHY ME
I have been practicing as a Russian family
lawyer, solicitor and barrister, for over 14
years, specializing in international family law
matters. For many years Ive been a member of the
IAML, a worldwide association of
practicing family lawyers who are recognized by
their peers as the most experienced and
skilled family law specialists in their
respective countries. I have high qualifications
in Russian and Australian law, the latter bearing
a lot of similarities with the UK and the
US Family law. Ive practiced law and appeared in
courts in Russia and abroad as a barrister and
legal expert in Russian law, including the
Supreme Court of Russia, the Family Court of
Australia, the High Court of the UK, High Court
of Netherlands and other. 
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WHAT I DO
Russian Divorce and Family Law is, generally,
more liberal than the Western Family Law.
However, the Russian legal system can be
complicated, while language barriers can make it
hard to deal with.   I work with both foreign
and Russian clients the international side of my
practice sees me acting primarily as
a Russian family lawyer where one party or both
are foreign nationals. My services extend to the
following aspects of Russian Family
Law financial agreements, commonly known as
pre-nuptial or post-nuptial agreements, complex
multijurisdictional property cases, parental
matters, including children relocation, child
support and spouse maintenance, inheritance and
related fields of law.
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WHO I AM
Russian Lawyer. Divorce Attorney. International
Family Lawyer
I provide services as a family lawyer and divorce
attorney since 2000 when I was admitted to
practice as a Russian lawyer, the member of the
Bar Chamber of the Moscow Region. In 2005 i also
joined the Moscow Bar of Arbitration Lawyers. In
2007 I became a fellow of the International
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a worldwide
association of practicing family lawyers who are
recognized by their peers as the most experienced
and skilled divorce attorneys and family law
specialists in their respective countries. I
speak both, Russian and English languages. While
my area of expertise includes various aspects
of Family law, Civil, Property, Tax and
Inheritance law, the major part of my work deals
with international family law cases, complex
property settlements, prenuptial
agreements and children matters, including interna
tional child abduction cases.
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CONTACT US
Contact info
Pechatnikov Pereulok 22, Moscow
107045 Russia Tel [phone] Tel 44208
1 444 727 (UK) Email info_at_divorceinrussia.com F
ax. 7 495 6287839
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