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DOCUMENTS FOR ANY IMMIGRATION PROCESS

The law establishes that a power of attorney is a written authorization issued by one person to another person for representation on behalf of third parties. A power of attorney issued for making transactions requiring a notarial form, for filing applications for state registration of rights or transactions, as well as for disposing of rights registered in state registers, must be notarized. If the power of attorney is issued abroad in countries participating in the 1961 Hague Convention, the power of attorney must contain the certification of an apostille in addition to notarization. Read More »

Alexander Plaksin won the property case against Luba Uspenskaya

Contrary to the expectations of Luba Uspenskaya, Mr. Plaksin, who was represented by his attorney Karina Duvall, won the case against Luba Uspenskaya. It was a clear, honest, and absolute victory. Read More »

International Family Law: Ovchinnikova v Stevens

Mr. Stevens’ lawyer for the Russian proceeding, Karina Duvall, also provided key evidence for the BC proceedings including explanations of Russian family court procedure and clarifications of other expert evidence on Russian family law, as well as on Belarus and Kazakh law relating to enforcement of court orders, which were extremely helpful in showing the BC judge why orders made by the Russian court could be enforced against Mr. Stevens if he failed to pay child support. Read More »

Something about ethical standards

Both attorney John Smith and his client have so badly abused the judicial system in this action that anything less than an imposition of harsh sanctions will embolden them to continue and repeat their conduct. Most disturbingly, though, and evident from the transcripts, is that Mr. John Smith and his client knew my action had been confirmed by the previous Supreme Court hearings. I believe that sanctions against Defendant and her counsel are proper and necessary, and I hereby put Mr. John Smith on notice that I am seeking a sanction against him. Read More »

Division of property opportunity after 3 years from divorce

According to the Russian Federation Law, any possible claims Ms. Smith has against Mr. Smith in the Courts are not viable. The three-year limitation period has been exceeded since Ms. Smith failed to use her right to file claims for division of property during her divorce proceedings in 2008 up until the expiration of the statute. Ms. Smith knew of this limitation since she acted as the initiator of the divorce, which indicates the absence of a dispute on the division of property between Mr. and Ms. Smith.

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