How We Secured Ownership Rights for a Client from Rome
Our client, Mario from Rome, Italy, turned to us for legal assistance in a property dispute.
In 2015, he married Anna, a Russian citizen. Throughout their marriage, the couple lived together in Italy. During this time, Mario purchased a house in the Moscow Region, which was registered in his wife’s name.
In 2021, the couple decided to separate. Anna refused to reimburse Mario for the property’s value, claiming that the house actually belonged to her mother. At that point, Mario sought assistance from GK Legal.
We filed a claim for the division of marital property with the Odintsovo City Court of the Moscow Region, as Odintsovo was the last known place of Anna’s residence in Russia.
In our petition, we requested the court to recognize the house as joint marital property and to divide it equally between the spouses.
The proceedings lasted four months. The court fully sided with Mario, rejecting the respondent’s arguments regarding her mother’s alleged ownership of the property.
As a result, we obtained a court ruling that recognized Mario’s ownership of half of the house in Russia, acquired during the marriage.
