Both my wife, our child, and I reside in the US.
My wife and child are Russian citizens, registered in St. Petersburg.
They have resided in the US now for almost 1 year.
I filed for divorce in St. Petersburg in March of this year.

She recently decided to include the child custody in the Russian divorce
and also file for divorce here in WI USA.

So now the divorce in St. Petersburg has went to the district court because of
the custody issue.

Does Russia have jurisdiction over my daughter who has both US and Russian passports?

It seems to me because my daughter resides in the US for more than 6 months, that the Russian court will not have jurisdiction over her. Is this correct?

Can we separate these issues and conclude the divorce in St. Petersburg?

Also, because I filed first, do you know if the divorce proceedings in
the US can be continued with the pending Russian divorce?

My goal is to complete the divorce in St. Petersburg as soon as possible.

I am a Criminal Investigator in the United States and I am trying to receive a certified copy or a new original certificate ... from Russia. I am investigating a crime involving ... I have a copy of what I believe is the certificate, but I am trying to get either a certified and exemplified copy (something our Courts will recognize) or to authenticate the one that I have.

I was curious to see how much it would cost to be able to obtain an original or certified copy of a certain certificate. If your firm cannot help, would you be so kind to forward me any information as to where I can obtain assistance?

Dear Karina:
Reading on your website I can see you are able to help me with the proper paperwork for our divorce in Russia.
We did get married on 2006 in Russia. Over the years since I always hoped Olga is able to immigrate to the USA. I did start the USA immigrations process with all the collections of the papers necessary to do. So this has taken several years.
Olga has two old enough sons which needed separated immigrations process
We need to start the process from new.
But now Olga refused to send in to my immigration lawyer here in the USA original papers (divorce, marriage birth certificates etc. ) as outlined and requested by the USA Immigration.
I have spend money for lawyers cost and many hours of my time.
Have traveled to St. Petersburg myself 3 times to request some the correct forms.
In 2008 Olga did approach me with the request to buy another apartment by selling her old one and upgrade to a better locations (her old one was in a no good run down area). As the USA Immigration process did go very "slow" anyway and she said: "When she is able to move to the USA this would be a good source of income since apartments rental bring in a good income.
I did agree to this (as we are married and this is an acquisition we did while we married).
I and my mother did send her about $86,000 (I do have the bank transfers).
Well things have changed.
I always supported them as good I could.
Olga was able to make an income herself and I did helped out as much as possible.
did visit them over the years over 10 times in St. Petersburg .
But our marriage started to go not good.
I did ask (also send her several emails ) Olga what way we need to proceed.
As I have waited long enough here in the USA and started her immigration process again without her helping or supply with requested forms.
so the other "Option" is we get a divorce.
I have outlined this several times but Olga is not answering my emails or make a statement, what she wants to do.
She just says: No problem, her new passport is clean and has her Family name (Vasilieva) in it. (well it never states our married status anyway?).
So as Olga is not willing to start the divorce process herself I need to do this.
Are you be able to help?
What documents are necessary?
As I am sure the disagreement will come in about my part of payment for the new apartment.
What is my change to see some of my investments in it getting back to me?
How about a "mechanics» lien on title of the apartment if this gets ever sold or rented?
or is it advisable to walk away from it as the change to get money back is too slim.
or cost to much?

What is about the cost for our services?

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Karina, what do you think about Father Rights?

I would be grateful if you could provide advice on the following since you assisted me with my recent divorce from Maria:

Is there any way (in court or via Russian Social Services) that I can have my ex-wife psychotically assessed as I believe my son is not being cared for correctly? If you want I can send you a few attachments of her emails t show that my son is not well taken care of over there and it is to her best interest to be with me in the US.

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.

I am desperately looking for help in bringing back my daughter in the USA. I was married to Russian lady and have a daughter from the marriage. After our divorce, my ex-wife took my daughter to Russia. Now my daughter is suffering there as she is not feeding her and not taking care of her well. I would like someone to represent me in Russian court (St. Petersburg). Please, let me know if you can help me.

I know my chance is very small. I also know you can't guarantee me result. However, due to the fact that her mother is not able to take care of her, I would like to go to Russian court and see if I can get my daughter to come back to the US.

I did manage to hire a Lawyer in my x wife's city to get the divorce done. It cost me only 500.00 US Dollars. Thanks for your help. One question I do have is when a couple divorce in Russia is there custody agreements for children. Just wondering if I need to get such a paper for my new Russian wife from her x husband. Her youngest son is immigrating to Canada with her. We have papers signed and notarized saying he agrees to let boy come and understands he will never see him again and that I will be his father.

I met an Russian woman on an international dating site. I went to see her in her town and after a week she proposed to me to get married, so I could apply for the vise on behalf her to come to the US. The "marriage ceremony" in the local courthouse was suspiciously short and some money was given without a receipt...

So we were married, and I applied for the I-130 spouse visa, but I needed a divorce certificate from her. She sent me a divorce certificate that was dated seven days prior our marriage certificate, signed by the same money recipient clerk.

I was suspicious, so I went to Moscow unannounced and knocked on her apartment door, guess who opened: the ex hubby!

I am a victim of a scam. She just needed a visa to the US. All of this happened in August 2010.

Is this "marriage" legal? What should I do to get rid of this marriage certificate?

I would need a consultation, not about divorce, but about marriage. I am Canadian, my fiance lives in Russia. We'd like to get married in Costa Rica, partly in order to avoid bureacracy in Russia and 30 days waiting period.
Is there any problem, from the Russian law point of view, regarding such marriage in a foreign country?
Are there any complications which can arrive in the future? For instance, if there is a divorce (I'm very hopeful it won't be one, but still, I must ask).
Does the marriage need to be registered at the local Zags? What if she changes the name after marriage?
If we decide though to get married in Russia, is there any way in which you or someone you know could facilitate the marriage there?
Please let me know what is the required fee and the payment modality for the consultation.