Family law

Recognition of Marriage with a Foreigner in Slovakia (Registration of Marriage in the Special Registry)

Did you, as a Slovak citizen, marry a person of another nationality abroad? If so, don’t forget to register the...

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Entrusting a Child to Alternating Custody – How Does It Work in Practice?

If the parents of a minor child divorce, the court will, in the divorce judgment, also determine the exercise of...

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Petition for Divorce

The only way to dissolve a marriage during the lifetime of both spouses is through divorce. The court may grant...

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Divorce in Slovakia, filing an application for divorce

Particulars of the divorce proceedings in Slovakia Particulars of the divorce proceedings are governed by Act no. 99/1963 Coll. of...

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How to get a birth certificate and passport for a child born abroad

A descendant of a Slovak citizen automatically acquires Slovak citizenship at birth. He is thus entitled not only to a...

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Dissolution of the joint ownership of the spouses during marriage

The joint ownership of the spouses is regulated in the Civil Code in Article 143, according to which everything acquired...

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Settlement of shared and joint co-ownership in Slovakia

Slovak legislation distinguish between two forms of ownership – shared resp. mutual ownership of spouses and undivided co-ownership of spouses....

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Cancellation of maintenance obligations of a parent towards a child in Slovakia

Maintenance obligation of parent towards child in practice is the most frequent maintenance obligation. Fulfillment of maintenance obligations of parents...

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