Family law consists of issues such as marriage, divorce, adoption, guardianship, partition, and succession as regulated by the National Civil Code 2074 under part 3.
Alpine Law Associates is a recognized family law firm in Nepal with decades of experience in dealing with cases regarding family law. Our firm has been assisting clients through mediation or litigation regarding cases of family law. Issues covered under family law are as follows:-
Marriage
Marriage is a legally and socially recognized union between two individuals, establishing rights, obligations, and responsibilities between them as spouses. Alpine law associates provide services such as registration of marriage between persons attaining legally eligible age and represent the client during registration in court.
Divorce
Divorce, as a field of practice of law, includes within itself the dissolution of marriage by law and determines rights resulting from it.
Our family law attorneys in divorce cases offer legal counseling, negotiation, and representation through court or alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation.
Guardianship
Guardianship is a legal practice area where the guardian is nominated for the quasi-competent and incompetent person who is unable to represent themselves in any sort of legal matter.
Guardians for the disabled, children, and the elderly are to be determined. Alpine law associates are there to assist the clients by representing them in court.
Adoption
The establishment of a permanent parent-child relationship between individuals who are not related by birth is referred to as adoption. The rights and responsibilities of biological parents are bestowed upon the adoptive parents.
Domestic, international, stepparent, and foster care adoptions are the various forms of adoption within this practice area. The attorneys at Alpine Law Associates assist their clients through the process of home studies, court petitions, background checks, and other regional, federal, and international adoption requirements. This area of law has been established to serve the best interests of the child, grant adoptive families legal security, and ensure the process of adoption is smooth and ethical.
Partition
The main objective of partition is the division of jointly owned property among the co-owners or heirs. Partition is usually done in the case of multiple property owners. Mutual consent may be used to partition land and other assets voluntarily, or if there are disagreements, the application can be made to the court. The two major forms of partition include partition by sale, which means the sale of property and distribution of the proceeds, and partition in kind, which involves the physical division of property. Our attorneys assist the client with litigation, mediation, and further legal issues.
Succession
Succession is a civil practice that deals with the transfer of all properties, rights, and responsibilities of the deceased to their beneficiaries. The issue corroborates the distribution of deceased property based on the will. Alpine law associates assist by writing wills, creating trust, and also the litigation regarding succession. The primary objectives of this practice are to resolve inheritance disputes, ensure orderly and fair distribution of the estates, and protect the interests of creditors and beneficiaries.