Dmitriy Chumakov is a partner of SAYAT ZHOLSHY & PARTNERS who leads, among other practices, the family law practice covering divorce and inheritance matters.  Dmitriy’s overall experience is 18 years.  His most representative projects include eight divorce and property division lawsuits in which Dmitriy represented politicians and artists famous both inside and outside Kazakhstan.  Recently, the team headed by Dmitriy has provided legal support to three major clients in connection with inheritance of property the value of which exceeds tens of millions of US dollars.  Dmitriy also deals with the amendment of Kazakhstan laws without which, he believes, the efficient development of Kazakhstan family law practice would be impossible.  Please see below the most popular services provided by SZP lawyers to Kazakhstan and foreign clients in the area of family law:

pre-divorce advice and planning;

extrajudicial divorce;

child custody, visitation, upbringing and alimony issues;

paternity, adoption, guardianship and custody issues;

amicable division of marital property;

mediation of marital property division;

judicial division of marital property;

registration of marriage to a foreigner;

prenuptial agreements – drafting and execution; and

representation of clients in inheritance disputes.