Calculating alimony is one of the most important tasks in Belarusian family law. Whenever parents live separately — whether after divorce, during marriage, or without ever being married — the child’s right to financial support must be protected. The underlying rules are set out in the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Marriage and […]
The Hi-Tech Park (HTP) in Belarus continues to be one of the most attractive jurisdictions in Eastern Europe for IT companies, startups and international tech investors. Established by Presidential Decree No. 12 of 22 September 2005, the Park operates under a special legal and tax regime that has been extended until 1 January 2049. The regime […]
A couple meets in their twenties, moves in together, and stays that way for a decade. They buy furniture, renovate the flat, take out a car loan, and raise a child. Friends and relatives call them “husband and wife.” Officially, they are strangers. This scenario is extremely common in Belarus. Long-term cohabitation is a social […]
When a marriage ends, the most difficult questions rarely concern the flat or the car. They concern the children. Where will they live? How often will the parent who moves out see them? What weight will the child’s own preferences carry? In Belarus, these matters are governed by the Code of the Republic of Belarus […]
Not every marriage ends amicably. Advocates regularly work with clients whose spouse won’t answer the phone, refuses to appear in court, has moved abroad without leaving an address — or vanished years ago. None of these situations closes the door to a divorce, but each calls for a different legal route. This article covers how […]
The situation usually looks like this. The marriage was registered in Belarus a few years back. Life has since moved on: one spouse now lives in Warsaw, the other in Vilnius; or one is in Berlin while the other stays in Minsk. There has been no shared household for some time, but the marriage still […]
Ending a marriage is rarely a simple decision, and in Belarus it is also a formal legal act with strict procedural rules. Whether you are a Belarusian citizen living in Minsk, an expatriate whose marriage was registered years ago, or a foreign national married to a Belarusian, the process runs through the same two channels: […]
Few family disputes generate as much emotion — or as much practical confusion — as alimony. In Belarus, child support obligations are among the most heavily regulated areas of family law, and for good reason: the state treats the financial protection of children as a public interest, not merely a private matter between parents. Yet […]
Marriage to a Belarusian citizen is one of the most straightforward legal grounds a foreign national has for legalising long-term residence in Belarus. It bypasses the more onerous employment and investment routes, and — provided the marriage is genuine and correctly registered — offers a fast track to a temporary residence permit, eventual permanent residence, […]
A summer holiday, a school exchange, a medical treatment abroad, a visit to relatives in another country, sooner or later most families face the question of taking a child across the Belarusian border. And almost every parent has heard some version of the same rule: “You cannot leave the country without the other parent’s consent.” […]
A pattern shows up in almost every alimony case that stalls: the father either has no formal job, or has one that shows a suspiciously modest salary while everything about his lifestyle suggests otherwise. Mothers usually reach a family lawyer once the standard percentage-based order has stopped producing money, or the bailiff’s file has been […]
Every year Belarusian civil registration offices formalise hundreds of marriages involving foreign nationals. Some couples come to Minsk from abroad for the ceremony itself, others are already living in the country on a work or study visa, and many are Belarusians whose future spouse holds a foreign passport. The rules apply to all of them […]
