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International divorce between British man and Russian woman

The Magistrate of the judicial district of St. Petersburg, with the participation of Karina Duvall as attorney for Plaintiff, and the Defendant, Stewart, Antonina Vasilievna [the real name keeps in the secret] having considered in open court a civil case concerning the claim of Stewart, John Paul [the real name keeps in the secret] to Stewart, Antonina Vasilievna [the real name keeps in the secret] on divorce, Read More »

How to get divorce with Crimean wife?

The marriage between the parties was dissolved by the judgement of the Yaltinsky City Court of the Republic of Crimea dated December 14, 2017; however, since the courts administering justice in the name of the Russian Federation in the occupied Crimea are powerless, and their judgements are void, the plaintiff’s representative had to file the above claim in the court. Read More »

Divorce between British husband and Russian wife

The Plaintiff did not appear at the court hearing, he sent a representative by proxy Karina Duvall, Attorney at Law who appeared at the court hearing, supported the divorce claims in full, asked the court to dissolve the marriage between the Parties, on the grounds specified in the statement of claim. Read More »

Divorce between Russian man and American woman

The court after hearing Karina Duvall, the Russian attorney for the Plaintiff and examining the written case file, considered the claims to be satisfied for the following reasons.

According to Law 158 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, official marriage with Russian citizens that was done abroad must be recognized as officially valid in Russian Federation if there is no evidences from the Law 14 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation against it.

According to Law 160 part 1 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, divorce process in Russian Federation between Russian citizen and foreign citizen should be done according to the Law of Russian Federation.

According to Law 161 part 1 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, spouses moral and personal property rights and responsibilities defined by the law of the state where they live together or lived together for the last time. If the spouses never live together than their moral and personal property rights and responsibilities in Russian Federation defined by the law of Russian Federation.

According to Law 1 part 3 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, family relationship regulation carried out in accordance with the principles of the voluntary union between man and woman. Read More »

Child abduction case

Karina Duvall in her appeal requested to vacate first-instance court order, claiming that first-instance court failed to take into account essential circumstances: that daughter didn’t have residential permit in Finland; that the immigration authorities refused to update her immigration status; that child’s residence in Finland was repeatedly changed; that the child resided in Norway for a while; that both parents are Russian citizens. Read More »