Succession and family law

Our succession and family law team has extensive experience advising clients on family matters, wills and estates, on a domestic and international basis.

EXAMPLES

• Successfully representing local client in a complex multi-party cross border estates claim over estate assets located in foreign jurisdiction.
• Successfully representing divorce litigation respondent in securing favourable support and child custody settlement.
• Assisting client on adoption procedure.
• Drafting powers of attorney for use in Latvia with content particular to local jurisdiction.
• Drafting of will concerning assets in multiple jurisdictions.
• Successfully processing cross border estate beneficiary claim to property in Latvia, removal of squatter, securing of property, organization of renovation of property in advance of sale, successful sale of property for estate beneficiary.

SERVICES

• Domestic estates claims
• Cross border estates claims (with particular expertise in Latvia – Canada and Latvia – USA cross border estates)
• Wills
• Property distribution
• prenuptial agreements
• Settlement of hostile divorce proceedings and abatement of libel and slander by opposing party
• Divorce matters and property division
• Child custody
• Access and visitation
• Adoption
• Powers of attorney for cross border transactions
• Full scope of services to estate beneficiaries: estate claims, removal of squatter, securing of property, organization of renovation and sale of property for estate beneficiary