Guides
Each guide answers one practical question and cites the law it relies on. They are general information, not advice on your case.
Divorce in Lithuania
How we help with this- Divorcing a Lithuanian husband or wife: a guide for foreign spousesYou are not Lithuanian and your spouse is. Where to divorce, whether a Lithuanian court will be fair, and what happens to children, property and residence.
- International divorce in LithuaniaDivorcing in an international marriage: when Lithuanian courts can hear the case, which law applies and how divorces are recognised.
Children and parenting across borders
How we help with this- Child custody in Lithuania for international familiesHow Lithuanian courts decide where a child lives and how the other parent stays involved, when one parent lives abroad or is not Lithuanian.
- Seeing your child in Lithuania when you live abroadYour child lives in Lithuania and you live abroad. How to set up a contact schedule that works, what courts expect and what to do if contact is blocked.
- My Lithuanian partner wants to move back to Lithuania with our childYour Lithuanian partner wants to take your child to live in Lithuania. What they need from you, what you can do before they leave, and what if they go anyway.
- International child abduction to or from LithuaniaYour child was taken to or kept in another country without your agreement. What counts as abduction, how to get the child back and how quickly courts act.
- Getting your child back: how a return case works in Lithuania (Hague Convention)Your child was taken to Lithuania and you want them back. What happens step by step: application, urgent measures, hearing, decision, appeal, enforcement.
- Your child's citizenship and passports after separationIs your child Lithuanian? Who can apply for a child's Lithuanian passport, who keeps the passports after separation and what to do if documents become a weapon.
- Moving abroad with a child from LithuaniaCan you move abroad with your child if the other parent disagrees? What Lithuanian law requires, how the court decides and how to avoid an abduction claim.
Property and maintenance
How we help with this- Child maintenance when a parent lives abroadHow to get child maintenance when the other parent lives in another country: where to apply, which law decides the amount and how payment is enforced.
- Dividing property on divorce when assets are in several countriesA flat in Vilnius, savings in Germany, a mortgage in Ireland: how property is divided on divorce when it sits in different countries, and which law applies.
Court papers and documents
How we help with this- Received court papers from Lithuania? What to do nextYou have received divorce or child-related court documents from Lithuania. How to work out what they are, which deadline applies and how to respond from abroad.
- Documents from abroad for a family case in LithuaniaWhich foreign documents a Lithuanian court or office will accept, when you need a translation or an apostille, and how to be represented without travelling.
- Using a foreign court decision about children or maintenance in LithuaniaYou have a court decision from abroad on custody, contact or maintenance. How it is recognised and enforced in Lithuania, inside and outside the EU.