Divorce in Ukraine by court

About different ways of divorce in Ukraine (incl. if one of the spouses is a foreigner) there is our special publication , which you can find under the link here.

How does it work actually in Ukraine? Based on most popular questions of the clients to our lawyers we prepared this publication.

The divorce case is a separate case and is not combined with alimony case or assets disribution. The alimony cases and disputes about assets disribution shall be solved by the court in separate processes.
Attorneys prepare all documents remotely. All documents according to the list the client shall send to the attorneys per email.
The client does not have to come to Ukraine personally. The client may send all required document to the attorneys with currier (DHL, Fedex etc.).
Attorneys will themselves hold the translation of documents and pay the court fee, as well as apply to the court.
Usually it takes up to 4 (four) days from the date of obstinance of the documents from the client until the divorce claim is filed to the court.
The court procedure usually takes ca. 1,5-3 months. However we had much longer court procedure in our experience.
The court hearing may take place in absence of the parties, therefore we may apply to any court of Ukraine regardless from its geographical location (with respect to the territorial jurisdiction).
If needed the courts decision may be certified by the apostile for its usage abroad. This is a separate services, which shall be paid extra and requires additional time period.
After issuance by the court of the divorce decision no additional certificate is issued. The court decree is the only document which is issued in this case. Additionally partires may obtain the extract from the Ukrainian register of civil status of the citizens (if the marriage was registered in Ukraine), which will confirm the divorce. The extract from the register of civil status of the citizens may be also certified by the apostile for its usage abroad.

For any legal support in divroce and othe cases in Ukraine you may contact lawyers of the law company Zilver by phone: +380501409560 or per email: info@zilver.com.ua.

Our lawyers have extensive experience handling divorce cases. Please take a look at some of divorce cases we closed: