Deprivation of parental rights in Ukraine

Restriction of the child's parents in parental rights. Deprivation of parental rights in Ukraine through the court. Support by a lawyer in court and guardianship authorities on issues of restriction and deprivation of parents' rights in relation to a child in Ukraine for improper performance of parental responsibilities.

The family lawyer will provide full legal support in cases of deprivation of parental rights.

Services of a lawyer for deprivation of parental rights in Ukraine:

• legal advice on deprivation of parental rights;
• deprivation of parental rights of a mother or father;
• representation in court for deprivation of parental rights;
• establishing paternity;
• restoration of parental rights;
• adoption of a child;
• international adoption.

Deprivation of parental rights is carried out in court, in cases provided for by the Family Code.

Grounds for deprivation of parental rights in Ukraine:

• parents do not raise the child and do not fulfill the obligations of the parents;
• parents abuse the child;
• parents are chronic alcoholics or drug addicts;
• people exploit the child, force the child to beg and wander;
• the parents were convicted by the court in a criminal case for an intentional crime against a child.

Parents can be deprived of parental rights to all their children or one of the children. In case of deprivation of parental rights, the court, with the participation of a lawyer on deprivation of parental rights in Ukraine, may decide the issue of collecting alimony for the maintenance of the child.

Persons who have the right to apply to the court for deprivation of parental rights:

• a parent who faithfully fulfills parental responsibilities;
• adoptive parent or guardian of the child;
• foster parents of the child;
• prosecutor, guardianship authorities;
• medical institutions;
• institutions for orphans and children who were left without parents;
• child after 14 years;
• a relative of a child who is raising a child and in whose family the child lives;
• a lawyer for deprivation of parental rights on behalf of the categories of persons mentioned above.

The child, at the request of the second parent, can be transferred to him. If the child cannot be transferred to another parent, then the grandmother and grandfather, adult brothers and sisters, other relatives of the child, stepmother, and stepfather have the priority right over other persons to transfer the child to them. In some situations, upon the termination of parental rights, paternity must be established through a court on the biological parent.