Process description
Service requests
Upon receiving an application for action and proposing a case arising from the right of custody and access, as well as in other cases specified by the Civil Procedure Law, the court shall send a request to the Orphan's Court to provide information on the circumstances of the case/opinion.
Upon receipt of the request of the court, the Orphan's Court shall communicate with the parties of the case, request and take actions in order to receive the information requested by the court or to be withheld for the preparation of an opinion, such as conducting an examination of the living conditions of the participants in the case, clarifying the information regarding their health status, employment, co-operation with the social service, sending the psychologist to the study, clarifying the opinion of the child, contact other authorities or persons, etc.
Documents may be submitted in person, transmitted electronically or by post.Receipt of services
The Orphan's Court shall provide the information/opinion to the court. An Orphan's court shall, in accordance with the procedures specified in the notification law, send an opinion to the court (transcript) within 10 working days after the taking of a decision. The information/opinion provided by the Orphan's Court shall have the nature of the evidence. The court shall make a final decision binding on the parties in the case.
An opinion can be received in person at the Orphan's Court of Riga, it may be sent by mail, to an e-mail address or to the electronically agreed portal of state and local government services www.latvija.gov.lv.