II Family and Inheritance Law Forum
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The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to the II Family and Inheritance Law Forum.
The Forum will address important topics related to marriage, family relationships, and their legal regulation, including mediation. Special attention will be given to issues concerning children: adoption, guardianship, social benefits, parental responsibility, and international aspects of child return to and from Ukraine. Additionally, the discussion will cover the specifics of inheritance and estate planning, including international aspects and judicial practice.
The Forum is held with the financial support of the European Union, provided within the framework of the "CONSENT" project implemented by the Ukrainian Academy of Mediation.
Date: October 3, 2024.
Venue: National Hotel (Lipska Street, 5, Kyiv) / Online (Zoom).
Forum participants will have the opportunity to:
- Receive comprehensive answers to questions directly from leading experts.
- Share their own experiences and learn from others.
- Make new acquaintances and find partners for future cooperation.
PROGRAM
09:30 - 10:00 Participants' Registration. Welcome coffee
10:00 - 10:10 Opening remarks
Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at AVELLUM
Olena Sibirtseva, Chairman of the UBA's Committee on Civil, Inheritance, and Family Law
10:10 - 11:40 SESSION 1. Marriage, family, and marital relations in today's context
Moderator:
Aminat Suleymanova, Managing Partner at AGA Partners
Experts:
Olena Sibirtseva, Chairman of the UBA's Committee on Civil, Inheritance, and Family Law
Olga Stupak, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
Iryna Bryliant, Member of the UBA Board, Managing Partner at BRYLIANT LAW GROUP
Maryna Kornienko, attorney at law at Asters
Olena Dryshlyuk, Chair of the UBA Mediation Committee, Lawyer, Certified Family Mediator (online)
Halyna Parusova, Member of the Board of the Kyiv Branch of the Notary Chamber of Ukraine, Member of the Commission of the Notary Chamber of Ukraine on Analytical and Methodological Support of Notarial Activities, private notary
Topics:
1. Happy family: how to maintain relationships if divorce is imminent?
- How to start a conversation about divorce within the family, key legal aspects, and psychological considerations
- Specifics of the procedure for couples living abroad
2. Civil marriage: does "no stamp in the passport" really mean nothing?
- Evidence for establishing a civil marriage
- What the law says about property division and inheritance for couples living together without registering their marriage in the registry office
3. Agree or go to court: where to correctly place the comma with the help of a lawyer?
- What is a residence agreement, participation in child upbringing, and maintenance?
- Can property be transferred to a child and avoid paying alimony?
- Marriage agreements and marital property division agreements
4. Agree or go to court: where to correctly place the comma with the help of a mediator?
- What is family mediation, and how to start a conversation with a partner about children and property in case of divorce to end it peacefully?
- Pre-partnership mediation
11:40 - 12:10 Сoffee break
12:10 - 14:00 SESSION 2. Children in wartime
Moderator:
Talina Kravtsova, Partner at Asters
Experts:
Anastasiia Koriachenko, Head of Legal Department of the Coordination Center for Family Upbringing and Childcare Development of Ukraine
Oleksandr Gubin, Member of the UBA civil, family, and inheritance law Committee, lawyer, specialist in the application of the Hague child Conventions, expert in multi-jurisdictional family disputes, Member of the Child abduction lawyers Association (London, UK)
Stanislav Gursky, psychologist, coach, trainer, director of the "I'm Family" Family Development Center
Yevhen Synelnykov, Judge of the Civil Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court
Olga Tiutiun, Managing Partner of Commercial Mediation Group, co-founder of the Mediation Practices Workshop, honorary member of the National Association of Mediators of Ukraine, family mediator and supervisor of mediators, certified business mediator under the Business Mediator program of the Academy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Munich and Upper Bavaria (Germany) / Wirtschaftsmediatorin (IHK), certified business trainer, Master of International Law and Psychology
Focus areas:
1. Children without parental care under martial law: how to help?
- On what grounds can a child acquire the status of an orphan and a child deprived of parental care during the war?
- With whom can a child without parental care stay?
- Can children evacuated abroad be adopted?
2. How to help a child in difficult life circumstances? Psychologist's advice
3. Current judicial practice
- How do courts protect the interests of children?
- What disputes do parents most often bring to court to protect children's rights?
- What unusual cases have appeared in judicial practice during the war?
4. Parents' rights and obligations: focusing on the child
- What is parental responsibility?
- Why should parents know not only their rights but also their duties towards children?
- How can the roles of each parent regarding the child be established if the family is no longer together?
- What is alimony and why is it important to understand the family budget?
5. 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: returning children to and from Ukraine. Key trends and challenges. The 1996 Convention and questions of jurisdiction applicable to children both in Ukraine and abroad
14:00 - 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 - 16:00 SESSION 3: Inheritance and estate planning
Moderator:
Yuri Neklyaev, Deputy Chair of the UBA Civil, Family, and Inheritance Law Committee, Lawyer, Family Mediator
Experts:
Kateryna Anishenko, Deputy Chair of the UBA Civil, Family, and Inheritance Law Committee, Lawyer at RIYAKO & PARTNERS (online)
Olga Onishchuk, Founder and author of the project "Return your own", Head of the program "Legal security of property" of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future, notary public
Andrii Zaitsev, Judge of the Civil Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court
Christina Aloupa, Attorney at Michael Damianos & Co LLC, Member of the Cyprus Bar Association and Nicosia Bar association (online)
Focus areas:
1. Until death do us part: why consider inheritance during life?
- What is estate planning?
- Wills
- Inheritance agreements
- Mandatory share
- Inheritance of damaged/destroyed property
2. Foreign element in inheritance planning and inheritance. The experience of Cyprus
- Succession planning in Cyprus. What tools are most often used by foreigners?
- Peculiarities of inheriting property in Cyprus if the testator was a Ukrainian
3. Inheritance through the lens of judicial practice
- What inheritance cases do courts deal with?
- What disputes most often arise between heirs and what decisions do courts make?
4. Military personnel and inheritance: what needs to be done during life?
- Features of drafting a will by military personnel
- What is a military personnel's order in case of death?
- What are the rules for paying state aid to military families?
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Join us! This event will provide you with expert answers, advice, and the latest information on legal aspects of family and inheritance law.
Registration is required to participate in the event.
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For additional information about the event, speaking opportunities, and partnership possibilities, please contact us at: Phone: +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or email: tosaulenko@uba.ua. Contact person – Tetiana Osaulenko.
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Working language:
Ukrainian.
Presentations of the speakers:
All expert presentations will be sent to the participants by e-mail and posted on the event page of the UBA website in the Additional section.
Coffee breaks and evening buffet:
The catering area is the pre-function area. You will be offered drinks and light snacks.
Voting during the Forum:
In order to participate in the voting, please follow these steps:
From your phone, laptop, or tablet, go to the link www.menti.com or install the Mentimeter app on your device beforehand (links for Android and App Store are available).
In the field that appears, enter the code displayed on the projector screen in the conference hall.
Click the Submit button.
Next, you will get the opportunity to vote.
Security measures at the National Hotel.
For free entry to the Forum hall, we ask you to wear a participant badge.
The hotel security staff will be located in the lobby area (1st floor) and will provide the necessary instructions on how to navigate to the equipped shelter.
The shelter area is located on the -1st floor of the hotel (technical area).
Hotel staff and event coordinators will accompany guests to the shelter.
The event participants are personally responsible for compliance with the requirements of responding to the warning system signal, preserving their own health and life.
Financial Documents:
You can obtain all financial documents by contacting the event coordinator:
Phone: +38 (063) 792 30 99 (calls via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber). Email: tosaulenko@uba.ua.
Contact person: Tetiana Osaulenko.
If you need to make a note in your travel authorization, please approach the Forum's registration desk.
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