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On 31 March 2014 amendments to the Civil Procedure entered into force providing that temporary means of protection can be applied in future in claims regarding non-existence or divorce of marriage, in claims due to private delict, claims regarding collection of alimony, claims on division of the common home of parties who live in the same household, or definition the procedure of use of a home where parties live in the same household, and cases related to the right of custody and communication for the purpose of preventing possible physical, sexual, psycho logic or economic violence between current or former spouses or other mutually related persons, for example, the obligation of the respondent to leave the home where the claimant permanently resides, and the prohibition to return and to stay there, the prohibition to the respondent to stay at the house where the claimant permanently resides, closer than at the distance defined by the court decision on temporary defence against violent, the prohibition to the respondent to stay at particular places, etc. These amendments prevent the unfair practice existing until now and not allowing to provide assistance to victims of violence. You are welcome to apply for the attorney’s consultation regarding possible legal assistance in relation to the above amendments to the law.
