УДК 347.626:343.1

ORCID: 0000-0002-8229-5222

ORCID: 0009-0004-7932-4952

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-3(52)-9

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Viktor KALAKURA,

Head of the Department of International Private Law

Educational and Scientific Institute of Law

Kyiv National University

named after Taras Shevchenko,

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor

Nataliia GORBAL,

Postgraduate student at the Department of International Private Law

of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law

of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Lawyer

PROTECTION OF ONE SPOUSE'S PROPERTY FROM THE RISK OF SEIZURE WHEN APPLYING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST THE OTHER SPOUSE: ECHR PRACTICE AND UKRAINIAN REALITIES

The article is devoted to analyzing the legal nature of the seizure of property belonging to one spouse in criminal proceedings initiated against the other spouse. It examines the compliance of Ukrainian practice with ECHR standards, particularly in light of the Godlevskaya v. Russia case, and provides examples of national judicial practice. Ways to improve legislation to ensure a balance between the interests of the state and the rights of private individuals are proposed.

Keywords: family law, marriage contract, private international law, security measure, seizure of property, property rights, criminal proceedings, ECHR practice, confiscation of property, marital property, marital relations, protection of property rights, rights of third parties, presumption of legality of transactions.

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