Luật sư Nguyễn Hữu Phước

Under the regulations of the Law on Marriage and Family, a marriage relation is considered a marriage and family relation involving foreign element when one of the following elements is found: The subject of the marriage and family relation has at least one spouse being a foreigner or a Vietnamese residing abroad; and The marriage…

Currently, divorce is carried out in one of the two forms: (i) Divorce by mutual consent is a case in which both spouses agree to divorce, agree on all matters related to properties as well as common child(ren) and only request the Court to recognise the divorce; or (ii) Divorce at the request of one…

To which Court – level and territorial jurisdiction, may a Vietnamese person submit a divorce petition? Under the provisions of the Civil Proceedings Law, State agencies competent to settle divorce procedures for spouses being Vietnamese are determined as follows: Case 01: Both spouses request a divorce by mutual consent Both spouses requesting for a divorce…

Submiting a divorce petition via post In many cases, the geographical distance between the competent Court and the current domicile of the spouse makes it difficult for the plaintiff to directly submit the divorce petition. To overcome this issue, the Civil Proceedings Code 2015 has adjusted the provisions on the form of filing lawsuits through…

The file of divorce According to the Law on Marriage and Family 2014, there are two methods to handle the divorce, specifically: Case 01: Requesting the Court to approve the divorce by mutual consent, child bearing, and property division after divorce[2]. When both spouses request a divorce, a competent Court shall recognise the divorce by…