As with all reputable law firms we feel confident that we can provide you with the very best legal service as it pertains to our specific areas of legal expertise. We are constantly updating our legal expertise with regard to the respective areas of law in both Germany and the US.
International Family Law and Foreign Law can become an issue if one of the spouses is foreign or has dual citizenship. Even if one spouse is domiciled abroad foreign law may have to be taken into consideration.
You are an US Citizen married to a German national or the other way around? Now you have decided to get separated? One of you returned to his or her home country? Maybe you have children together or your spouse already left with your children to live abroad but without your consent?
What are the next steps regarding divorce, alimony, child support, visitation rights, custody and pension rights? In which country can you file for divorce and which law is applicable in your case?
Or you may want to get married to a person with a different citizenship than yours and enter into a prenuptial agreement?
How should this agreement be legally set up and under which laws and do you have a choice with regard to which legal system (German or US) you can choose from to make this agreement legally binding?
Not only will we answer all these questions for you but we will also be able to assist in shaping the legal aspects of your new life situation. We can represent you in court and handle your divorce proceedings in both Germany and the US.
We can have your alimony and child support claims enforced at home and abroad. We can help you negotiate your child visitation rights and custody issues.
If you would like to settle your disputes out of court, you can also take a path that more and more couples are choosing. You can dictate your own legal consequences of separation and divorce instead of getting them decided on by a judge. In this context we offer conflict solution through mediation.
