Levent Law Firm represents spouses and parents in Izmir divorce and family cases, preparing settlement terms, filing claims, and pursuing decisions on children, support, and marital property. As your Izmir family and divorce lawyer, we examine the marriage record, household finances, children's circumstances, and existing court papers. We build the claim around the people and assets the decision will affect.
We conduct the family case under your power of attorney
With a power of attorney expressly authorizing the divorce case, we draft and file the petition or response in your name, submit the marriage and family records, and correspond with the court and opposing counsel. We answer requests for missing documents, track hearing and filing dates, receive papers and the decision served on us as counsel, and take the next action from the recorded date of service. For an agreed divorce, we prepare and present the settlement terms while arranging the personal hearing that the law requires of the spouses.
Articles 71, 73, and 74 of the Code of Civil Procedure establish representation in litigation, its ordinary scope, and the express authority needed for a claim concerning a right closely attached to the person or for a settlement. We check the power of attorney against the divorce claim and any proposed agreement before filing. Article 18 of the Regulation on Service of Process directs service to counsel in a matter followed through a representative; our office uses the actual notices to manage the case and the decision that follows.
We obtain earlier petitions and interim orders if proceedings have begun. Otherwise, we establish the appropriate Izmir court from the spouses' address records. Article 168 of the Turkish Civil Code permits a divorce or separation claim in the court of either spouse's domicile or the place where they last lived together for at least six months before the case.
We turn an agreement into terms the family court can approve
An agreed divorce gives spouses a route to a decision when the marriage has lasted at least one year and they have settled the divorce's financial consequences and the children's position. Under Article 166(3) of the Turkish Civil Code, the judge must hear both spouses personally and find their wishes freely expressed before approving the arrangement. We prepare the petition and protocol, present them to the Izmir family court, and organize the hearing around terms that identify what each person has accepted.
We draft child residence, parental contact, support, and compensation provisions in language the court can apply. For an Izmir home, we specify whether the agreement concerns temporary occupation, transfer of a registered interest, or payment. Article 184 requires the judge to approve agreements on the ancillary effects of divorce; we examine any proposed change and revise the terms with the spouses' authority.
The personal hearing is the step Article 166(3) reserves for the parties. Our office handles filings and correspondence, prepares the hearing record, and follows the reasoned decision and its finality. The protocol sets out the family's housing, payment, and parenting arrangements.
We present a contested divorce claim with the evidence it needs
A contested divorce calls for a court finding on the legal ground and the events that support it. Article 166(1) of the Civil Code allows either spouse to seek divorce when the marriage has broken down so fundamentally that shared life cannot reasonably continue. We identify the relevant events from communications, financial records, witness accounts, and earlier court material, then plead the facts that the court must decide.
We prepare the claim or defense, submit evidence on time, and address the other spouse's financial and parenting requests. The judge assesses evidence under Article 184, so we present a chronology supported by documents. If the parties reach an agreement, we prepare terms for the court and obtain the express settlement authority the action requires.
The case may involve material or moral compensation under Article 174. We distinguish loss of a financial interest from injury to personal rights, examine the evidence, and state each claim in the court papers.
We secure housing, support, and child arrangements while the case proceeds
The family court can make immediate arrangements for the period before the divorce is decided. Civil Code Article 169 directs the judge to take necessary temporary measures concerning the spouses' housing and subsistence, management of their property, and the care and protection of children. We present the lease or deed, household expenses, income records, school information, and care arrangements that show what the family needs during the proceedings.
For a spouse remaining in the Izmir home, we request temporary arrangements for occupation and living expenses. For a parent caring for a child, we present the child's residence, schooling, health needs, and contact with the other parent. We address the interim order and follow its implementation.
The family home has its own protection. Civil Code Article 194 restricts specified transactions involving the family home without the other spouse's express consent and allows a spouse who does not own it to request a notation in the land register. We examine the Izmir title record and any proposed sale, mortgage, or lease termination, then pursue the registry or court action that protects the family's use of the home. A separate dispute over the title itself belongs to our Izmir real estate practice.
We put the child's welfare at the center of custody and contact claims
Civil Code Article 182 requires the court to arrange parental rights and contact when it grants divorce or separation, with particular attention to the child's health, education, and welfare. We gather school, medical, residence, and care records and present a parenting arrangement that responds to the child's life in Izmir.
We draft requests covering where the child will live, how contact with the other parent will operate, and how the child's education and care costs will be met. Article 182 also requires the parent without custody to contribute to those costs according to their means. We document both parents' circumstances and the child's needs so the court can set a support obligation tied to the actual household.
A later move or material change in the child's circumstances may call for a new order. Under Article 183, the court may take necessary measures when new facts such as a parent's relocation require them; Article 323 recognizes a parent's right to appropriate personal contact with a child who is not in that parent's custody. We bring a focused variation or contact claim using the later residence, schooling, and care record, and follow the order that governs the child's continuing ties to Izmir.
We claim spousal support and compensation on documented finances
Financial relief after divorce turns on the parties' income, needs, and the legal basis of each claim. Under Civil Code Article 175, a spouse who would fall into poverty because of the divorce may request maintenance from the other spouse according to that spouse's financial means, provided the claimant is not more at fault. We examine income, housing costs, assets, and the parties' living arrangements, then present or answer the maintenance claim with a documented financial picture.
Article 174 separately provides material compensation for a spouse without fault or with lesser fault whose existing or expected interests are harmed by the divorce, and moral compensation where the divorce-causing events injured personal rights. We identify which facts support each remedy and distinguish compensation from recurring maintenance in the court request. We also examine the opposing claim against the same financial and evidentiary record, so the decision reflects the relief actually established.
Article 176 permits an increase or reduction of periodic maintenance where finances change or fairness requires it. We obtain the original order and current financial records, then bring or defend the adjustment claim.
We pursue a fair account of marital property in Izmir
The division of marital property requires a record of what each spouse acquired, owned personally, and contributed to the other's assets. Civil Code Article 202 makes participation in acquired property the default Turkish marital-property regime unless the spouses validly select another regime. We examine any marital-property agreement, the date of marriage and divorce filing, deeds, bank and company records, debts, and the origin of funds before framing the claim.
Under Articles 219 and 220, assets acquired for value during the regime and personal assets such as property owned before the regime or received by inheritance are treated differently. Article 225 places the end of the regime at the filing date when a divorce judgment terminates the marriage. We classify each asset from its acquisition and payment records, trace transfers between personal and acquired property, and seek the financial records needed to calculate the claim.
Article 227 gives a spouse who contributed without adequate payment to the acquisition, improvement, or preservation of the other's property a claim based on the resulting increase in value. Article 236 gives each spouse a right to half the other's residual acquired value, subject to the statutory calculation and any valid arrangement. We use deeds, loan payments, account movements, and valuation evidence to present the participation or contribution claim concerning an Izmir home or business interest.
We draft a property settlement with the asset, payment, and transfer obligation identified. Where agreement does not settle the accounting, we bring the marital-property claim with the records needed to value it.
We establish which law governs an international family's Izmir case
Foreign nationality changes the legal analysis of an Izmir divorce, custody order, or property claim. Article 14 of Law No. 5718 on Private International Law points divorce and its effects first to the spouses' common national law; if they have different nationalities, it points to their common habitual residence law, and then to Turkish law if there is no common habitual residence. It applies the same rule to maintenance between divorced spouses and custody questions in divorce, while Turkish law governs temporary measures. We establish nationality and habitual residence from passports, civil records, and the family's actual living history, then present the applicable rule to the Izmir court.
Article 15 addresses marital property separately: a valid choice of law may govern, and the statutory sequence otherwise looks to the spouses' common national or habitual residence law at marriage. Turkish law governs the liquidation of an immovable asset situated in Türkiye. We examine a foreign marital agreement, the date and location of acquisition, and the Izmir deed before bringing a property claim under the law that governs that asset.
Our foreign judgment practice handles the Turkish recognition or enforcement needed to use a divorce decision granted abroad. We identify which decision the family already has and pursue the claim still required in Izmir.
Put your Izmir family case in our hands
Send us the marriage record, any existing petition or order, documents concerning the children, financial records, and details of the Izmir home or other marital assets. We will identify the court claim or settlement terms, prepare the power of attorney with the authority the case requires, and take responsibility for the filings, hearings, notices, and follow-through. Review our Izmir practice areas and Attorney Alparslan LEVENT's background as we assess the file.
Contact us about your divorce or family case in Izmir. Put the marriage, parenting, and property record before us so we can bring the claim that protects your position and pursue the decision that gives it effect.