Family
& Estates Law in Romania

We handle complete divorce proceedings: divorce by agreement — the fast notarial procedure (30 days) with drafting of the divorce agreement, judicial divorce by agreement under Articles 930-932 of the Civil Procedure Code, fault-based divorce with evidence gathering, division of joint marital property — identifying and valuing the divisible estate, establishing contribution shares, winding up the matrimonial regime, setting and modifying maintenance payments (for children and/or the former spouse), awarding the benefit of the family home, determining the surname after divorce, and handling cross-border aspects (international divorce under the Brussels II ter Regulation).

We protect the child’s best interests: exercising parental authority (joint or sole) — assessing suitability criteria, establishing the child’s residence with one parent, argued in line with ECtHR case law, negotiating and drafting detailed visitation schedules (weekends, holidays, festive periods), modifying child-related measures as circumstances change, taking the child abroad — obtaining the other parent’s consent or a court order in its place, preventing and combating international child abduction (the 1980 Hague Convention), and working with psychologists and social workers for family assessment and counselling.

We provide full assistance in probate matters: the notarial probate procedure — taking inventory of the estate’s assets and liabilities, establishing heir status and inheritance shares, the judicial probate procedure — division of the estate with asset valuation and the formation of shares, actions to claim inheritance rights and recognition as an heir, reduction of excessive gifts that infringe the reserved portion, actions to annul a will (undue influence, lack of capacity), the accounting of gifts against the estate, executing the will’s terms and the conditions set by the testator, and cross-border successions under EU Regulation 650/2012 (the European Certificate of Succession).

We implement complete planning strategies: choosing and changing the matrimonial regime (statutory community, separation of property, contractual community) through a notarised marriage agreement, drafting wills (holographic, notarised) with specific clauses (fideicommissary substitutions, charges, conditions), structuring gifts reserving usufruct or a right of habitation, succession planning for family businesses (family pacts, business-continuation clauses), setting up trust structures (in jurisdictions that permit them), tax optimisation of wealth transfers (gift tax, inheritance tax), and asset protection through legal instruments (mortgages, pledges, liens).

We handle asset divisions of any complexity: voluntary (amicable) division through a notarial agreement — asset valuation, formation of equitable shares, cash equalisation payments, judicial division with technical valuation reports (real estate, movable assets, companies), establishing contribution shares in acquiring joint assets (the presumption of equal contribution and rebutting it), dividing companies and business interests, dividing valuable movable assets (bank accounts, investments, vehicles, jewellery), dividing joint debts, division in complex situations (assets abroad, encumbered assets, assets co-owned with third parties), and enforcing division judgments.

We provide immediate legal protection: obtaining provisional protection orders (issued by the police, with immediate effect) and judicial protection orders (valid for up to six months, extendable), protective measures — removing the aggressor, establishing separate residences, no-contact orders, mandating psychological counselling, assistance in obtaining forensic medical certificates, referring cases to criminal investigation bodies for domestic-violence offences, filing civil-party claims in the criminal proceedings for material and moral damages, assistance accessing shelter and counselling services, and working with NGOs specialised in protecting victims of domestic violence.