Europe: Family and Matrimonial

Those dealing with cross-border family law matters in Cyprus—whether they concern issues of jurisdiction, child abduction, or divorce, maintenance and parental responsibility applications with an international dimension—are quite understandably likely to feel anxious during a volatile and transitional period of their lives, in which they must navigate a complex legal framework that requires specialized knowledge of both international family law and national legislation.

One of the cornerstones of financial remedy proceedings in England and Wales is the obligation on both parties to give full, frank and clear financial disclosure.

Divorce is not only the legal dissolution of a marriage, but a process that involves important decisions affecting children, finances, and long-term stability.

I recently had the pleasure of speaking at a webinar hosted by the British Nigeria Law Forum (BNLF), where I was invited to discuss the challenges surrounding placing children...

Attorney Lisa H. Do examines the Child Support Table and explores when parents may need to update their existing child support arrangements.

Those dealing with cross-border family law matters in Cyprus—whether they concern issues of jurisdiction, child abduction, or divorce, maintenance and parental responsibility applications with an international dimension—are quite understandably likely to feel anxious during a volatile and transitional period of their lives, in which they must navigate a complex legal framework that requires specialized knowledge of both international family law and national legislation.

From April 2027, the UK will fundamentally reshape pension taxation by bringing unused pension funds into the scope of Inheritance Tax for the first time in decades.

It is a common scenario that a farm owner’s children will grow up working on the family farm on the promise that they will inherit the farm when the present farmer/landowner dies or retires. Unfortunately, it is also common that such agreements are never formally recorded. Often they can become the cause of bitter disputes later when an aggrieved child feels promises they received have not been honoured.

In this study we shall try to identify how the income of trusts is taxed in Cyprus, having in mind its idiomorphic concept as to the dual separation of the ownership of the trust property, to legal and beneficial.