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