In Polish family Law the notion “maintenance obligation” is usually associated either with the parents’ duty to maintain their children or with the alimonies that one spouse should pay to another in case of divorce. That is why one may ask whether alimonies can be paid by adult children to their retired parents. If yes, […]
In our modern world many couples live together without any formal marriage. That situation is described by an old Latin term “concubinage” meaning a civil union of two citizens wishing to build up a common life, however, without getting married. The mentioned phenomenon still exists gaining more and more popularity. It is widely used in […]
Pursuant to article 14 of the Polish Law on Citizenship, any person who has at least one Polish parent is considered a Polish citizen. It means that in theory even those, who were born and are currently living abroad in mixed families, have a right to obtain Polish passport and be treated as Polish citizens.
Taking into account the spread of the Covid pandemic which slows down a normal functioning of all the institutions, the issue of court procedures is especially crucial. Is it obligatory to stand before the civil court at the time of COVID? What will be done in case the hearings can not be held at a […]
Imagine a situation: you have been living in Poland with your spouse for years, but, unfortunately, your tensions go wrong. You are thinking of divorce. However, you are not going to leave Poland and still planning to get Polish citizenship. Is it possible after the divorce?
It goes without saying that maintenance obligation towards the children constitute a vital duty of the parents. This norm is fixed in article 133 of the Polish Family and Guardianship Code. As a rule, both spouses try to maintain financially their children life on the mutually agreed conditions.
Divorce cases constitute a significant part of the courts’ practice in Poland. In every divorce case several issues are of utmost importance: e.g. type of a divorce (at fault or no-fault), whether a spouse has given consent to divorce, whether spouses have any common children.
From the 1st of February 2020, the EU has 27 (instead of 28) Member States. Great Britain has officially left the Union as a part of the so-called Brexit. However, negotiations on the future relations between the Union and Great Britain are still quite foggy and are going to be complex.
In situations of divorce of an international couple the issue of jurisdiction for ruling on the matter is of a core importance. In other words it is sufficient to establish the courts of which state will be competent to judge in that situation.
It goes without saying, that for international couples the issues related to their common children are of vital importance. Unfortunately, even very strong marriage ties sometimes tend to break causing a wave of clashes and legal disputes between former spouses.