At PETERKA PARTNERS, we provide comprehensive legal services in various areas of family and inheritance law, and we specialize in cases with cross-border aspects.
We represent individuals, including business owners, executives, and international clients, and offer complex and tailored legal solutions that address the financial and business aspects of family and inheritance law matters, including intergenerational wealth transfers.
Recognizing the deeply personal, sensitive, and often complex nature of Family and Inheritance law, which often involves complicated private situations, we approach each case with discretion, empathy, and a strategic mindset; we listen carefully to our clients in order to identify, in cooperation with them, the best solutions and legal means to safeguard their interests and those of their families.
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Representing a client, an American citizen, in inheritance proceedings under Slovak law, including representation before a notary public and the court in relation to the property-law settlement of an inheritance.
Assistance with obtaining a temporary residence permit for a family member of an EU national in the Czech Republic, including representation in proceedings held by the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic.
Assistance to a client with respect to alternating custody of a child – representation in court proceedings.
Assistance to a client, a foreign national, with respect to alternating custody of minor children – negotiating an amicable agreement with the other parent (of Czech nationality).
Comprehensive legal services provided in a cross-border family-law matter, assessing the rights and obligations of a parent in a same-sex relationship.
Assistance to a client, a foreign national, with respect to the negotiation of a complex amicable agreement with the other parent (of Czech nationality) regarding all aspects of care and parental responsibility for a minor child (determination of paternity, child custody, duty of maintenance, and right of contact).
Legal assistance to a foreign natural person, concerning Slovak family law and the parental rights of the client under Slovak law. PETERKA & PARTNERS represents the client in pre-trial proceedings.
"Markéta Hanzlíková from PETERKA & PARTNERS was my attorney through a very difficult international custody and visitation case for my young son. Markéta handled his case with a steady hand, giving sound advice to me, negotiating with the opposing side's attorney, communicating very well, and representing us in court exceptionally. I give my highest recommendation to PETERKA & PARTNERS." Thomas Alexander Hedstrom, U. S. Citizen.
Legal assistance to a Slovak natural person, in assessing the possibility of establishing a trust fund in the Czech Republic for the purpose of managing the property rights within the client’s family.
Legal assistance to a Danish citizen with respect to inheritance proceedings after his spouse, a Polish citizen, including legal assistance in court proceedings before a Polish court with respect to the real property owned by the spouse.
PETERKA & PARTNERS assisted a French citizen, on the recognition of a French notary deed establishing their property on real estate located in Slovakia based on a French inheritance proceeding, the registration of the new owners in the Slovak land register, and the further sale of the property.
Advice to a natural person, a Slovak citizen, on various inheritance and civil law matters connected with real estate subject to inheritance proceedings (e.g., assessment of the legality of steps taken by the Slovak cadastral authorities, analysis of the potential next steps to be taken by the client, e.g., an administrative claim, other administrative law instruments, etc.).
Advising an individual on family law, in particular, regarding the determination of paternity and potential representation in a civil procedure against the mother of the child.
Representing a UK solicitor in their capacity as the executor of a last will under Irish law of a deceased individual who had property in Slovakia. PETERKA PARTNERS provided legal advisory in connection with the recovery of the inheritance in Slovakia. The process was affected by the fact that Ireland is not a party to the EU Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession.
Legal assistance and representation of a natural person, a French citizen, in divorce proceedings and regarding the parental rights of the client under Slovak law.
Legal assistance and representation of a natural person, in divorce proceedings, and related proceedings concerning the parental rights of the client under Slovak law.
Representing a Belarussian client in a legal dispute with the other family members, regarding all aspects of care and parental responsibility for a minor child specifically with respect to right of contact of the Belarussian client with his infant living in the Czech Republic.
Representing the clients, adult natural persons residing in Croatia, in a legal dispute with their father regarding enforcement of a Croatian court ruling on maintenance payments in the Czech Republic. The project has been challenging due to the existence of several mutually competing Croatian enforcement titles and the necessity to assess which of them is to be enforced in the Czech Republic.
Advising and legal representation of a client on inheritance matters – searching for descendants and potential heirs of natural persons of Czech origin who passed away in the Netherlands without leaving a last will.
Providing the client, a Czech national and tax resident owning property in France, with consultancy on French legal regulations regarding inheritance tax and suggesting tax optimisation. As the tax optimisation included the adoption of the client's adult son, the services also included consultancy on adopting an adult person under Czech law.
Advisory in inheritance matters to a Swiss resident with a Czech family background.
Representing a manager, a foreign national, in divorce proceedings against his spouse, also a foreign national, and in proceedings on the settlement of property after the divorce held before Czech and foreign courts in compliance with the legislation of the European Union.
Negotiating an agreement on the settlement of the property of spouses after a divorce and the duty to support and maintain the divorced spouse on behalf of a client who is a foreign national.
Drafting a prenuptial agreement for a couple of different nationalities.
Representation of a client, a foreign national, in divorce proceedings, support proceedings and in regards to the maintenance of a minor child, as well as in proceedings on the contestation of paternity.
Assistance to a client with respect to the right of contact of the ex-partner (same-sex) of a foreign nationality with the child.
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