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DIVISION OF PROPERTY · KYIV AND ALL OF UKRAINE
Division of marital property: fairly and on the evidence
We divide property in a way that protects your interests: real estate, cars, business, deposits and debts. By notarised agreement or through the court, during the marriage or after the divorce.
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Facing a division of property?
Leave your contacts: in confidence we will assess what is divided and how in your situation, and what can be protected.
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WHAT MATTERS
What to know about the division
50/50
Shares are presumed equal
Marital property is divided equally by default. But the share can be changed with evidence: contributions, debts, the interests of the children.
Personal property
Not everything is divided
What was acquired before the marriage, or received as a gift or inheritance, is not divided. The key is proving the source of the money and when it was acquired.
Do not delay
Property can be sold or hidden
While things stay uncertain, assets get moved out: cars sold, deposits withdrawn. A court freezing order stops that.
The rules are stated in general terms. We will assess your particular situation at a confidential consultation.
TRANSPARENT TERMS
Ways we work on a division of property
WHERE TO START
Confidential consultation
We go through what property you have, what of it is divided and what is not, and what the realistic prospects are. After reviewing the documents we name a clear budget for the work. Online or at our office in Kyiv.
Online or at the office
ONE-OFF SERVICE
Analysis, a document or an agreement
Pay per action
✓ Analysis of the property and the prospects of division
✓ Notarised division agreement
✓ Statement of claim or response
✓ Application for interim relief (freezing order)
✓ Attendance at one hearing
POPULAR CHOICE
DIVISION THROUGH THE COURT
We run the case for you
Payment by stages
✓ Strategy and gathering evidence on the property
✓ A freezing order so it cannot be sold
✓ Claim, calculation of shares, expert reports
✓ Every hearing without you attending
✓ Appeal if needed
COMPLEX ASSETS
Business, debts, hidden property
Individual budget
✓ Shares in a business, corporate rights
✓ Tracing hidden property and accounts
✓ Division of debts and loans (mortgage)
✓ Challenging sham sales
✓ Negotiating a settlement
CHECKLIST
Preparing for a division of property
Collect the title documents
Ownership certificates, register extracts, vehicle documents, purchase contracts. What was bought during the marriage is visible from the dates on those documents.
Record what actually exists
Photos and video of the property, equipment and valuables. Bank statements. This helps if property starts to disappear.
Recall where the money came from
Gifts, inheritance, the sale of personal property owned before the marriage: if a purchase was paid for with such money, there is a chance of keeping it out of the division.
Do not rush to transfer property
A sale to relatives or a gift on the eve of a hearing looks like concealment. Such transactions are challenged, and the court may depart from equal shares against you.
Do not sign anything without a lawyer
Division agreements, receipts, settlement offers from the other side. One signature can cost you half a flat. Take advice first.
THE PROCESS
How we work
01
Consultation and property review
We draw up the full list: real estate, cars, accounts, business, debts. We work out what is joint and what is personal, and what your prospects are.
02
Strategy and securing the assets
We choose the route: a notarised agreement or the court. Where needed we immediately apply for a freezing order so the property cannot be sold during the dispute.
03
Negotiation or court
First we try to reach agreement: that is faster and cheaper. If not, we run the case in court: evidence, expert reports, hearings without you attending.
04
Decision and registration
We obtain the court decision or the notarised agreement and register the title to your share. You get the documents in hand.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Frequently asked questions about dividing property
Yes. Spouses can divide joint property during the marriage, during the divorce and after it, by notarised agreement or through the court. Sometimes a division during the marriage is done to protect property from one spouse debts.
If the marriage has been dissolved, the general period of 3 years applies. But it runs not from the date of the divorce, but from the day you learned your right had been infringed, for example when your former husband began selling the joint flat. So even 5 to 10 years after a divorce there is often still a chance.
Yes. What matters is not whose name is on the papers, but when it was acquired and with whose money. A flat or a car bought during the marriage counts as joint even if only one name appears in the documents.
Personal property: acquired before the marriage, received as a gift or inheritance, bought with personal funds, and items of individual use. But if personal property was substantially improved with joint funds (a major renovation, say), the court may treat it as joint.
Yes, in exceptional cases. The court can increase the share of the spouse the children stay with, or reduce the share of one who did not provide for the family, hid income or spent property against the family interests. This has to be proved with documents.
Debts taken on in the family interests (a mortgage on the joint home, a loan for renovation) are allocated together with the property. Personal debts of one spouse (gambling losses, loans taken without the other knowing) are not divided, but this too comes down to evidence.
PRACTICE
Examples of property division cases
CASE · DIVISION OF PROPERTY
Personal property kept out of the division
The wife claimed half of a flat bought during the marriage. We proved with documents that the home had been bought with the proceeds of the husband pre-marital flat.
Result
The court recognised the flat as the client personal property. An asset worth over UAH 2 million was kept out of the division.
CASE · SHARES
A larger share for the parent the children live with
Our client was left with two children. The other spouse had not worked for years and took no part in the family expenses. We gathered the evidence and asked the court to depart from equal shares.
Result
The court departed from the 50/50 rule: the client received two thirds of the joint property.
CASE · AGREEMENT
Division without court: a notarised agreement
The couple could not agree on the flat, the car and the deposits. We negotiated with the other side and worked out options for exchanging shares and paying compensation.
Result
A notarised division agreement was signed within a month. No court, no years of dispute and no legal costs.
Cases are anonymised. Every case is individual, the outcome depends on the specific circumstances and is not guaranteed.
YOUR LAWYER
Ilona Melnychuk
Lawyer · Family and civil cases · 15 years of practice
She handles property division cases from the negotiations to the registration of title. She knows how to secure the assets, prove that property is personal, and stop the other side hiding what is joint. She tries to close most cases by agreement, since that is faster and cheaper for the client.
LITIGATION
Vitalii Petryk
Lawyer · Litigation practice · 15 years of experience
He steps into the difficult disputes: business assets, hidden property, challenging sham transactions, appeals. He builds the evidence base so the client position holds up at first instance and on review.
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CONSULTATION
Get an assessment of your situation
Tell us what property there is and how it is registered. A lawyer will go through your situation, say what can realistically be divided and how, and name the budget for the work. Confidential.
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