According to the Article 21 of the Code the marriage is the family union of a woman and a man registered in the state registry office.

"Paternity acknowledgement" is a voluntary process when an unwed father becomes legally recognized as the biological father for child support purposes.

Child kidnapping is a crime that happens with frightening regularity.

The effects of a divorce can be long lasting and far-reaching.

In the sphere of surrogacy, Ukrainian legislators have proven to be far more progressive than many of their European colleagues.

Child support is based on the policy that parents are obligated to pay for the support of children, even when the children are not living with both biological parents.

Whether you are legally separating or filing for divorce, it is extremely important that you don't allow your emotions to get the best of you, especially if child custody or property division is a part of your problem.

main law of Ukraine which settles the property rights and duties of spouses is the Family Code of Ukraine, effective as of 1 January, 2004.

What about a couple who lives together as husband and wife, but does not have the marriage registration?

It seems wrong to contemplate the ugliness of divorce, and often devastating consequences, during the honeymoon season.

"In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin once said. Setting aside the issue of mortality, we will focus on the question of inheritance – transfer of rights and duties of a late natural person (testator) to other persons or/and entities.

With each year, surrogacy is increasingly more commonly used by couples to resolve problems arising from reproductive dysfunctions of different types, which lead to impossibility to conceive and give birth to a child in a natural way.

The international adoption process in Ukraine is quite a bit different from that of other countries.

It seems like only yesterday a child’s parents loved each other and lived together quite happily.