Transnational marriages in the north : legal issues of Russian women
This article is about the legal situation for the many women who immigrated to the northernmost county in Norway, Finnmark, from North-West of Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Their way of immigration was mostly through marriage to Norwegian men. To be foreign and new in a country could be...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-206720 2023-10-09T21:51:29+02:00 Transnational marriages in the north : legal issues of Russian women Brækhus, Hege 2017 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206720 https://doi.org/10.36368/njolas.v1i01-02.24 eng eng The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway Umeå : Umeå University , 2017, 1:01-02, s. 135-154 Nordic Journal on Law and Society, 2017, 1:01-02, s. 135-154 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-206720 doi:10.36368/njolas.v1i01-02.24 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess International private law marriage equality immigration Law and Society Juridik och samhälle Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2017 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.36368/njolas.v1i01-02.24 2023-09-22T13:59:53Z This article is about the legal situation for the many women who immigrated to the northernmost county in Norway, Finnmark, from North-West of Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Their way of immigration was mostly through marriage to Norwegian men. To be foreign and new in a country could be difficult. How is their legal situation as newcomers? The complexity of problems will increase if they get children, divorce or move from Norway to Russia or the other way. Which authorities are to decide for them and which country’s laws are to be applied? The article also covers the legal situation for children born in such marriages such as status, custody, support and child abduction, and the situation when one of the spouses dies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Finnmark Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Norway Nordic Journal on Law and Society 1 01-02 135 154 |
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This article is about the legal situation for the many women who immigrated to the northernmost county in Norway, Finnmark, from North-West of Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Their way of immigration was mostly through marriage to Norwegian men. To be foreign and new in a country could be difficult. How is their legal situation as newcomers? The complexity of problems will increase if they get children, divorce or move from Norway to Russia or the other way. Which authorities are to decide for them and which country’s laws are to be applied? The article also covers the legal situation for children born in such marriages such as status, custody, support and child abduction, and the situation when one of the spouses dies. |
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