Full legal service is provided in the following areas of practice: family law β children, divorce, custody, maintenance; private clients, property β family property issues, division of assets, continuance of family business; and inheritance law. She has also actively contributed to several conferences on family law and gives lectures on family law for practising lawyers in Slovakia.
Family law practices and trends are constantly changing; they are constantly being impacted by changing expectations within society. It seems that in the area of family law and emerging trends, Slovakia as a European country lags behind other European countries in certain aspects.
For example, issues of surrogate motherhood, modern families, trusts and prenuptial agreements are untouched under Slovakian law.
Currently, a reform of procedural law and the judiciary system have taken place in Slovakia. The substantive law reform is still pending and shall include at least prenuptial agreements. There were several legislative proposals to establish at least registered partnerships in Slovakian family law, however none has been successful so far. The topic of same-sex marriages is currently under determination in the Slovak Constitutional Court in a case connected to residence permits for married same-sex couples.
An advantage of the Slovakian family law system is the given emphasis on reaching parental agreements, where the system leads and gives parents a hand in the attempt to reach an amicable solution for their family situation. After filing a court application, it is general practice that the parents will be called for an informative meeting at the court, with only one goal: to discuss the current situation and, together with professional help, find agreement.
