Ukraine: Whether a husband, who does not consent to a divorce and refuses to appear in court, and whose wife has filed a petition for divorce claiming spousal abuse, is able to indefinitely delay the granting of the divorce by not attending the court proceedings; whether a woman has any other recourse to obtain a divorce if the husband's appearance in court is mandatory for divorce and if the husband refuses to attend the proceedings; the penalty for refusing to attend court proceedings pertaining to divorce despite being issued subpoenas (January 1992 - January 1999)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UKR30808.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ukraine: Whether a husband, who does not consent to a divorce and refuses to appear in court, and whose wife has filed a petition for divorce claiming spousal abuse, is able to indefinitely delay the granting of the divorce by not attending the court proceedings; whether a woman has any other recourse to obtain a divorce if the husband's appearance in court is mandatory for divorce and if the husband refuses to attend the proceedings; the penalty for refusing to attend court proceedings pertaining to divorce despite being issued subpoenas (January 1992 - January 1999), 1 January 1999, UKR30808.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5a96.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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No information on whether a husband can indefinitely delay the granting of a divorce by not appearing in court, whether a woman has any other recourse to a divorce if the husband's appearance is mandatory in court proceedings for divorce and he refuses to attend the proceedings, and the penalty for refusing to attend court proceedings pertaining to divorce despite being issued subpoenas, could be obtained among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
East European Constitutional Review [Chicago]. Spring 1995 - Winter 1997.
Electronic sources consulted: IRB databases, Internet, NEXIS/LEXIS, REFWORLD, WNC.
Transitions [Prague]. January 1995 - October 1998.
WEP International News [Rotterdam]. Winter 1994 - Autumn 1997.
WIN News [Lexington, Mass.]. Winter 1993 - Autumn 1998.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.
