Family matters with a cross-border element
- We advise and represent foreigners in family matters before the Polish family court
- We advise and represent clients in cases of child surrender in non-contentious proceedings before the Polish family court on the basis of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, drawn up in The Hague on 25 October 1980.
- We represent clients in cross-border child custody, child support and non-contact proceedings
- We secure the interests of foreign consumers in the acquisition of real estate in Poland, including an analysis of the legal status of real estate on the basis of the legal status disclosed in the land and mortgage registers and in the Land Development Plan
- We support foreigners in the procedure for obtaining permission to acquire real estate in Poland
SUCCESSION MATTERS - DEALING WITH FOREIGNERS IN POLAND
- We will carry out a division of the inheritance so that the succession estate is divided equitably. The judicial declaration of inheritance entitles only a certain (expressed as a fraction) part of the estate. In order to ensure that the specific items included in the estate become the property of specific heirs, a judicial division of the estate must be carried out. This is not compulsory, but highly recommended in order to avoid problems with the management of the inherited property in the future.
- We will conduct a retainer case in order to obtain the due share of the inheritance. It happens that, as a result of a testamentary inheritance, an heir has received nothing from the inherited estate. In such a situation, he may claim a reserved portion from the other heirs. A reserved portion is half of the portion of the succession estate that he would have received if he had inherited in accordance with the law.
- We represent clients in inheritance cases in situations where the testator is a person residing in the territory of Poland prior to death. The rule is that the proceedings for the acquisition of an inheritance are conducted on the territory of the country in which the testator had his or her centre of life before death, regardless of citizenship.
