Articles & Publications
Family Law
Guidance on divorce, alimony, property division, inheritance, and related matters.
Establishing Paternity Without DNA When the Father Is Missing
When the father is missing and relatives refuse DNA testing, Russian courts can still establish paternity — through correspondence, photos, and witnesses.
Evicting an Ex From Inherited Property: Minor Child Inside
Inherited property is personal and cannot be divided on divorce. Courts will not evict the ex-wife automatically when a child is registered. Strategy inside.
How to Get Your Child's Passport Details in Russia
The MVD will not provide a child's passport data to parents — Russian privacy law forbids it. Here are three legal ways to get the details you need, fast.
Child Support After Payer's Death: Debt vs Future Payments
Death of the payer ends future support, but arrears pass to heirs as estate debt. What the child can claim and what to do if the payer has vanished.
Hiding Marital Assets in a Relative's Name No Longer Works
Apartment in your mother-in-law's name, car registered to a brother — Russian courts now follow the money. Five markers that expose hidden marital assets.
Divorce Property Division
Divorce courts no longer look at who holds title alone. What matters is the source of funds: bank statements, loan agreements, and the down payment origin.
Child Support as 'Virtual Income'
Under the new benefit calculation rules, child support is in some cases counted as family income. This unexpectedly strips some families of benefit...
Denied Access to Your Child
A former spouse systematically blocks child visits — hiding the child or relocating. What law provides and what sanctions apply to the obstructing parent.
Termination of Parental Rights in Russia
All 6 statutory grounds under Article 69 of the Family Code, the difference between restriction and termination of parental rights, the step-by-step court...
Lifetime Maintenance Agreement: An Alternative to a Will
How to transfer an apartment in exchange for care — a detailed look at the lifetime annuity agreement: differences from a will, tax implications, risks, and...