- Dissolving a marriage through a civil registry office in the presence of both spouses
- Why should spouses consult a lawyer before applying online to court for divorce?
- How to dissolve a marriage online in court by hiring a lawyer: stages of divorce
- Advantages of hiring an Alva Privacy lawyer to get your divorce online
It is unfortunate to say that marriage dissolution has happened to be a quite common thing in our life. Married couples break up for various reasons, such as personal differences, war, one of the spouses staying for long outside Ukraine, family conflicts, financial difficulties, adultery, etc.
A divorce often evokes stress, irritability and even dire hostility between spouses. It is especially so if a family has minor children in common or face property division or other complicated legal issues.
If it comes to this, a professional aid from a qualified lawyer or attorney-at-law is merely indispensable. Having consulted an experienced divorce lawyer from Alva Privacy Law Firm, you will be on the safe side to protect your legal interests and rights not alone, but moral support to overcome a difficult life situation. More so as you may be away from Kyiv and stay abroad, for example.
Dissolving a marriage through a civil registry office in the presence of both spouses
As you may know, as a matter of standard divorce procedure, spouses who have no minor children in common and no disagreements on their divorce (so that they need not to apply to court) may reach civil registry authorities and file relevant application. We summarize below key specifics and stages of such divorce.
| How and where to file an application | An application must be submitted with the civil registry office at the place where one of the spouses is registered. Such an application may be submitted online. For this, you need to visit the website at https://dracs.minjust.gov.ua and register on the portal. You may use an electronic digital signature or the Diia application to identify yourself. By the way, you can review the Diia website to find out all of the details related to the state registration of a divorce. |
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| Is it necessary to appear personally? | Please note that applicants may be recorded and submit their applications and document copies online (so that spouses will not have to spend their time waiting in lines and queues). However, to obtain an original certificate of divorce, it is still necessary to appear personally at the competent body that performs the state registration of divorces. |
| How much does it take to complete the divorce procedure? | Article 106 of the Family Code of Ukraine states that a state registry office makes a civil record of divorce upon expiration of one month after the application was filed unless it has been withdrawn. |
Why should spouses consult a lawyer before applying online to court for divorce?
Legal services provided online by lawyers and attorneys-at-law are presently becoming increasingly popular. This is because of certain advantages as compared to face-to-face consultations:
- Today many people are forced to leave their homes, move and live abroad to escape the hostilities and many of them would face difficulties to divorce at the time of war. So it is quite essential to hire a professional whop will deliver the legal services in question.
- It is about saving both time and money. There is no need to visit a lawyer and waste time in traffic jams or lines. All problems may be resolved remotely and at the time of your convenience. This saves your time and, in addition, transport and other costs, because our lawyers are posed to offer you a well-balance price.
- You may be advised, on an anonymous basis, on how to be divorced. Thus, you will not have to disclose your details if you want to keep information as confidential as possible. An anonymous request to a lawyer is appropriate if you want to conceal your divorce from your friends.
- Web access to professionals all over the world. You are not limited by territory and can choose an experienced divorce expert in Ukraine from any city where you stay, while not leaving your home. Now this is more relevant than ever for people who want to dissolve their marriages from abroad.
- Online consultations are convenient and time sensitive. You can contact a lawyer directly from your home or office via Skype, chats, messengers. You can ask a question at any time and get a quick response.
- More so as you would avoid the stress of meeting your ex-husband /ex-wife personally if you intend to dissolve your marriage online. In a face-to-face scenario, spouses often meet, which meetings can intensify negative emotions and conflicts. One of the ways to prevent this from happening is to interact remotely through a lawyer.
How to dissolve a marriage online in court by hiring a lawyer: stages of divorce
If you decide to divorce and hire a lawyer to bring an action to court, it is important to understand the key stages awaiting for you as part of these proceedings:
- Initial consultation. At this stage, the lawyer will ask you questions, clarify details of your situation, review available documents and disputable issues. After that, you will be recommended the best strategy to get divorced and explain in detail how to dissolve the marriage online, what application to file and where.
- Choosing a divorce service package at the price that suits you and depending on the situation you are in. Prepaying for legal work at the first stage of proceedings.
- Drafting all documents. A family lawyer will help you prepare an application and all documents to be submitted to court, draft correctly a divorce petition and, if necessary, a petition for division of property, determining the child's place of residence, collecting alimony and doing other paperwork.
- Filing documents with court. The lawyer submits all applications and a complete package of documents with the court on behalf of the spouses, so that you will not have to appear in court personally.
- Your representation in court. If it goes to a trial, we will have a divorce lawyer to act for you and who will resort to all legal remedies available to get for your the best outcome possible.
- Executing an agreement for division of property and alimony. If you requests so, a lawyer will help draft an agreement for division of property commonly acquired, determining the place of residence of the children, and payment of alimony.
- Getting a court ruling and the official “divorced” status. If court dissolves a marriage, it issues a positive decision. Our expert files relevant petition with the court for issuance of a certified judgment and then you receive a scanned copy or original from the lawyer to confirm your new civil status. However, please keep in mind that it must be apostilled to be used legitimately abroad.
- If necessary, legal experts can also assist in registering the court judgment with bodies of civil registration. For such purpose, a certified copy of the court judgment must be submitted with the bodies of state registration in Ukraine and the relevant date of divorce is recorded according to the information about your civil/marital status.
Thus, the online divorce can come at a good price – a lawyer deals with routine work to solve all legal issues related to the divorce through court according to the law, saving you the pain and maintaining your momentum.
Advantages of hiring an Alva Privacy lawyer to get your divorce online
You will definitely enjoy a number of significant advantages if you choose to hire qualified legal services from Alva Privacy to get your divorce online:
- Promptness and convenience: there is no need to waste your time on meetings and waiting for an appointment. We have experienced experts to prepare the documents for you.
- Minimizing conflicts: an online format of the divorce allows reducing communications between the spouses to a minimum.
- Cost saving: no extra transport costs and temporary expenses, minimum charge for legal services and production before court.
- No territorial restraint: you may interact with our lawyers from any part of the world.
- High qualifications: we offer you access to experienced divorce professionals at an affordable price.
- Protecting interests of each of the spouses in the divorce proceeding to the extent related to the fair division of property and determining the fate of the children.
- The confidentiality offered by ALVA PRIVACY is your reliable protection of personal information.
Our legal services online will guide you through all legal proceedings to get divorced in Ukraine as seamlessly as possible. The most important thing is to choose correctly an experienced professional who has positive feedback from clients.
