Expat divorce help

helpneeded101 · Post by **helpneeded101** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:42 pm

Can anyone recommend an English speaking attorney in Helsinki area?

We are both non-EU...but residences of Finland

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onkko · Post by **onkko** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:10 pm

Why you need attorney?
-Everything half,
-move separate addresses,
-declare divorce,
-wait 6 months,
-say i still want to divorce,
-done.

Thats easy case. Hard cases start on that everything half stuff but you get divorce anyway. I dont know if finnish courts have power over where your marriage was done but thats how its done here.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:46 am

helpneeded101 wrote:Can anyone recommend an English speaking attorney in Helsinki area?

We are both non-EU...but residences of Finland

As onkko said, the divorce is quite straightforward thing. See: http://www.oikeus.fi/en/index/esitteet/ ... minen.html
You can't even search for divorce lawyer, family law is the closest thing? http://www.asianajajaliitto.fi/en/legal ... d_a_lawyer

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:56 pm

Cory wrote:Come on, guys. Why the judgements without clarification? There are reasons why a couple might need to speak with a lawyer that is none of our business.

Who judged? I just assume he/she has seen too many american films or comes totally different culture. I just explained its not normally needed in here.

rinso · Post by **rinso** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:03 am

I just explained its not normally needed in here.

There are many situations where legal assistance is useful.
To get a divorce you don't need a lawyer. To get good conditions you might.

helpneeded101 · Post by **helpneeded101** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:06 pm

Thanks...

The reason is simple.

We are expats, we will be moving before the 6 month waiting period and we want to know if that will be a problem.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:45 pm

helpneeded101 wrote:Thanks...

The reason is simple.

We are expats, we will be moving before the 6 month waiting period and we want to know if that will be a problem.

Could be. It may be that if you are not under Finnish jurisdiction the court can't divorce you.

betelgeuse · Post by **betelgeuse** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:26 pm

Upphew wrote:
helpneeded101 wrote: We are expats, we will be moving before the 6 month waiting period and we want to know if that will be a problem.
Could be. It may be that if you are not under Finnish jurisdiction the court can't divorce you.

A quick look shows that one party needs to be resident in Finland or it's not possible where you are currently resident:

https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/ ... 234#L3P119

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