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Karina Duvall - Russian divorce lawyer

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Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

Dear Ms Karina Duvall,

Greetings. I found your website via the internet and it seems highly professional. I hope you might be able to shed some light on my situation.

I have Japanese citizenship and my husband has Russian citizenship (with no other citizenship to my knowledge). We married while traveling in the U.S. (where neither of us have citizenship nor permanent residence) in 2013. After everything turned messy, he now resides in his hometown, Samara, in Russia, while I stay in my home in Tokyo. We haven't seen each other since January 2016, only communicated online. We have no child, no shared property, no valuable items purchased together after marriage, no shared debt to my knowledge.

My questions:

1. He does not agree to divorce, so would I be able to file divorce in a Russian court? Would I receive assistance (e.g. translation) in the court, or in the process of divorcing?

2. I hold a job with moderate salary, and he does not have steady income (again, to my knowledge. He says he has some free-lancing works but I don't know the details. He refuses to talk about such topics). In this case, would I be ordered to pay alimony? Based on what I know, his mother in Russia also gives him money sometimes.

3. Due to my job demand and family life situation, I cannot afford a lengthy legal battle in a foreign country. I might be able to stay in Russia for about 1 month maximum, but even that I cannot be sure. So is there a swift way to solve the matter? I try my best to reach a settlement with him, but I should also prepare for court. How long does a typical international case take?

He lives in Samara, so I don't know if it is ok to ask you to take this case and represent me. If yes, how much would you charge? If no, could you recommend a lawyer in that area, or suggest some ways for me to find one? I have done excessive search on the internet but come up with no useful information.

Thank you and best wishes,

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

Dear Karina Duvall,

Hope you are doing well.
I have been trying to get divorced from my wife for years now and she only last month agreed.
We have not seen each other or talked really except text messages since 2013.

She will not consent to the divorce, and has asked that I send her money and a statement detailing why I want the divorce etc. She also informed me that it will take 3-24 months for the divorce to be finalized.
I have waiting for this for a long time to get married to the love of my life, and if I go this way it will not happen. She will not wait another 24 months.

I do however feel that she is not being straight forward, especially because she doesn't want to get the divorce but has agreed to it.

I would like to get the divorce as soon as possible of course, but will need to know the cost as I am currently working in a startup so am not getting paid loads of money.

Am looking forward to hearing from you.

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

Dear Karina

I hope I find you well. My name is Alysia, I got your contact details from my friend. She told me that you were given a bit of background about my situation.

I am looking for a lawyer to assist me with my separation from my husband. We are both not Russian citizens so can’t simply go to court. My husband is is Russian American and I am from Ukraine. We were married traditionally in my country 7 years ago and have 2 children.

Because we have failed between us to come up with anything reasonable he has engaged a lawyer thus my need for one as well.

Are you available and if so what are your fees? He has decided that he will no longer give me any money though I am not employed in Russia and have no source of income.

Please let me know how we can proceed. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

I have an interesting dilemma and hope you can help!

I was married and divorced in Russia some years ago, but I never picked up my copy of the divorce certificate. I then moved to Dubai, where I live now.

I want to get married again, but need an original copy of the divorce certificate to get a letter of no impediment from the British embassy. Are you able to get this on my behalf?

I would like to confirm that I will receive the original divorce paper, and you will be able to post it to me here in Dubai? And will it be apostilled?

Also, how do we arrange power of attorney?

Karina Duvall

Family Law: termination of parental rights, rights of the child, child support. (Russia)

Ms. Duvall,

I looked throughout your website. I looked in Google, and checked out many different listings, and you looked to be the best (I hope so!).

I am writing concerning my getting divorced in Russia. My wife is Russian but also has American citizenship. We were married in America. We have two children. Both of our children were born in America, but they also have Russian citizenship.

I want to file for divorce in Russia. I do not own any property in Russia, although I do own a house here in America. Both my wife and I are on the deed for the house. I have a few questions:

1. What are my chances of getting custody of my children, after they are 10 years old?

2. If a court orders custody for me, how can they enforce order?

3. If my wife violates/restricts access for me, what can happen to her?

I know that probably I won’t get custody, but I can visit Russia twice during the year.

4. Would I be able to have time alone with my kids? I would like to be able to email my daughter, call and text on her phone, without my wife’s interference, and to Skype every day, even if just for a few minutes. When I go to bed, they are getting ready for school, and when I’m having lunch at school, they are getting ready for bed. I want to have a routine with them. I’d like to play checkers and chess online with my son. I have told my wife that I would pay more for a larger flat, and for them to get Internet in the flat, along with an actual computer for the kids to communicate with me.

I do not want to lose contact with my children, or to have my wife sever the relationship between my kids and me. I feel that I have no hope!

5. When the court looks at my income and decides what % should go to child support, do they consider how much further money goes in Russia, and if the court orders it to be 1/3 of my income, is that before or after taxes?

6. If I do not provide my income information to the Russian court, how will they base the amount of child support? Isn't the formula roughly 1/3 of the father's income for 2 children? Can you give me an idea of how much this amount might be?

7. Is it true that a Russian court largely will not address any property in America for a property settlement? If so, my wife's name is on the deed, and even if I get to keep the house, I do need to get her to sign a document that removes her name from the deed, so that I will be able to sell or re-finance the house in the future. I'd be willing to pay her a lump sum to get her to sign this document.

You have 100% rights for divorce in Russia and visitations with your children. Typically, you can get physical visitations two or three times in year, and Skype visitations on weekly basis.

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

Hello, my name is John.

In August 2006, I brought Olga Sevastyanova over to the United States from Russia. We married on October 2006. She became pregnant and gave birth to our son in Russia in one year.

She went back to Russia in June 2008 to visit her family and has never returned. Olga contacted me later that year via Skype and showed me divorce documents and informed me that we were now divorced.

I have tried unsuccessfully since 2010 to get a divorce here in the United States to no avail because the attorneys here have been unable to attain the divorce papers from Russia proving we are indeed divorced.

I have been wanting to remarry but have not been able to do so because according to the US I am still married. I need to get divorced from Olga.

I was hoping that with your expertise you would be able to help me get this ordeal behind me so I can move on with my life.

Thank you in Advance,

John

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

I'll get to the point to save your time .

My Russian wife that i married in Australia just sent me a divorce certificate out of the blue. She is in Moscow now and i am here in Australia.

I don't think its real and i need you guys to help me. I need to know if this is real and how i go about getting a real one if i need to. Hi thank you for your reply. To decide what to do we need to find out if the document is real and then if it is we can organize a plan based on that.

I would appeal it if it was real.

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

Hello question about divorce in Russia..
I’m American my wife is Russian, am I able to file for divorce in Russia? Or can she only do it?

Karina Duvall

Questions of registration and citizenship (Russia)

My child's father (US citizen) doesn't give consent for my son to get a citizenship of a country of my citizenship. I have a sole legal and physical custody and he has visitations on weekends. The court order says i need his consent only for traveling out of country. The embassy says that his rights are not terminated so they need his father's consent. And it's in child's best interest to get dual citizenship. Is it possible to sue the embassy or other legal ways that consulate agree not to request his consent?

Karina Duvall

Family Law: divorce proceedings, conclusion of marriage (Russia)

My ex-wife went to the Zags to disclose the marriage status. and She sent to me the copy of the divorce certificate issued by the Zags in Moscow. This is not the court decision. it is mutual agreement by Zags .
We got married registered in the same Zags in Moscow. I don't know it is registered in Russia or not.
If I got married in the Zags in Moscow for international marriage, It would be supposed to be registered in Moscow.

Anyway. I need a real certificate(lifetime) from the Zags. After paying 100% in advance, How can I be sure that I can get the right document ? Are you confident 100% ?

Karina Duvall

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