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Relationship and money go hand-in-hand

Legal problems relating to debts between spouses It’s well known that money is one of the most common subjects for couples to argue...

Will AI Transform How Family Lawyers Work?

We are constantly seeking ways to evolve in our practice and in the last few weeks we have participated in several interesting seminars...

Division of Property in case of death

According to Finnish law the main rule is that spouses have marital rights to each other’s property. However, it is possible to limit the...

I do...but hold on a minute

I just got a call from a young French woman. She told me she was getting married in Finland. Further she told me that she had learned...

Love Ukraine

In October 2022 I had the exceptional possibility to listen to a Ukranian family lawyer talk about the important work family lawyers are...

Finnish Maternity Act

I just came home from an IAFL-event (International Academy of International Family Lawyers) in Ibiza, Spain. There were lawyers from over...

Advance inheritance

The basic idea behind an advance inheritance is the principle of equal treatment - i.e. that parents usually want to treat their children...

Gifts - a tool for inheritance planning

A gift is something given voluntarily directly or indirectly without payment in return. A gift can be measured in money or money’s worth...

Inheritance planning

The main questions in inheritance planning are: - to whom? - how much? - when? In order to plan you need tools. The most common tools in...

Choice of law clause

Last week I wrote about how your place of residence decides applicable law. I also mentioned that when it comes to certain specific legal...