Advocate Katarzyna Lewicka – Krzysztowczyk – has been managing the department of international family affairs at L.Zielonka & Partners Law and Tax Firm Limited Partnership.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Wrocław. She holds Chicago Kent College of Law diploma. As part of international programs, she participated in a scholarship at East Tennessee State University in the United States and at the University of Tromso in Norway.
She is an active member of the Wrocław Bar Association.
She has been a member of the team of Zielonka Steckert Wspólnicy Law Firm since 2015. Currently, as a partner of the Law Firm, she manages department for international family law, representing foreign clients, mainly in disputes with Polish citizens.
Advocate Katarzyna Lewicka- Krzysztowczyk conducts cases for the return of children under the Convention on the civil aspects of child abduction, done at The Hague on October 25, 1980 (Journal of Laws of 1995 No. 108, item 528), and in the case of abductions within the EU Member States, taking into account the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of November 27, 2003 regarding jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 ( so-called “parental abductions”) representing clients from the EU member states as well as from the United States, Australia and the Middle and Far East.
The scope of her activities also includes legal representation in cases of divorce, establishing visitation rights, regulating parental authority as well as alimony and child support payment with cross-border aspect. She also has special experience in proceedings regarding the division of joint property of an international nature.
Advocate Katarzyna Lewicka- Krzysztowczyk is a member of international legal organizations such as International Society of Family Law, International Academy of Famaily Law, International Child Abduction Platform, European Criminal Bar Association, Fair Trials and Polish Association of Private International Law.
Advocate Katarzyna Lewicka-Krzysztowczyk is author of a number of studies and articles on international family law, in particular on the application of the Hague Convention in the case of parental abductions. She regularly participates as a speaker in trainings and seminars.
Contact: k.lewicka@lzw-law.com
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