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About Henning Haarhaus
Expertise
Practice in inheritance law and tax law. Legal services also rendered in the fields of business & commercial law; e.g. business organisations, contracts; debt collections, employment law and international law. Representing clients all over Germany. At times, I also handle family law cases and other civil law matters related with the region in and around Berlin.
Experience
I have been working as a German lawyer since 1999 in the forenamed fields.
Before founding my own law office in 2003 I worked as an associate in the legal dep. of the biggest tax consultancy firm of German origin for two years. Bar Certified Tax Specialist since 2007.
Organizations
German-Korean Lawyers Association (secretary general)
Publications
Book in German on offshore tax havens; published by Haufe in 2008
Education/Credentials
- passed bar exam on expertise in the field of inheritance law in 2005
- passed bar exam on expertise in the field of tax law in 2004
- passed Final State Exam and admitted to the bar in 1998
- postgraduate judicial service traineeship in Berlin
- passed First State Exam (JD-equivalent) in 1994
- legal studies at the University of Passau (Bavaria) and at the Humboldt University in Berlin
- graduated as certified banker in 1989
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German Law - us/ german divorce
Expert: Henning Haarhaus - 10/28/2009
Question
I am hoping that you can give me a general idea of how to divorce a German citizen, I am a us citizen and i am unsure of where to start. do i need to file state side as well as in Germany? what is the process and how long dose it tend to take?
any information would be great. thank you so much.
Stephanie
Answer
You need a divorce jdgement renderred by a court.
As there is a German citizen is invloved a divorce suit could be filed in Germany. I do ot know where you live. If you live in germany the court would apply German law. This requires that the spouses have been separated for a year at leat before any divorce suit can be initiated.
If you can also file such law suit in the US is a matter of American law which I do not know.
However, you only need to file a law suit in one of the two jurisdictions who will apply their (international) divorce law to the case.
The length of the proceeding is different in each individual case.
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