Family Criminal Law
ECLIPSE specializes in family criminal law in Luxembourg, an essential area for the protection of the most vulnerable members of the household, in particular battered women, children, and other victims of domestic violence.
ECLIPSE offers comprehensive support in family criminal law.
Family criminal law covers all offenses committed within the family circle, such as domestic violence (physical and/or psychological), sexual abuse, child abuse or abuse of vulnerable persons, family abandonment (in particular non-payment of child support), non-representation of a child (refusal to hand over the child to the other parent) or abuse of weakness of elderly or dependent persons.
Luxembourg law provides for particularly severe penalties for these offenses and puts in place immediate protective measures for victims. These measures include expulsion of the alleged perpetrator from the home, placement of children at risk, and the issuance of protective orders.
ECLIPSE supports and defends both victims and defendants, providing comprehensive legal assistance at every stage of the criminal proceedings, personalized advice from the moment suspicions or incidents arise, assistance in filing complaints and during police investigations or hearings, representation before criminal and civil courts, implementation of emergency protective measures in conjunction with the competent authorities, and support during emergency interventions.
Our team acts quickly and discreetly to guarantee the safety of victims and the preservation of their rights, while ensuring a rigorous defense for those accused.
Even within the family circle, it is possible to be a victim of abuse of weakness, manipulation, or violence. ECLIPSE advises and supports you in order to best defend your interests and those of your loved ones.
Thanks to our recognized expertise in family criminal law, ECLIPSE makes it a point of honor to offer humane, confidential support tailored to each situation, taking into account the particular sensitivity of family matters.
Family Criminal Law
Areas of expertise
- Supporting victims in filing complaints with the Grand Ducal Police
- Informing victims of the UMEDO service for the recording of injuries (for the purpose of preserving evidence confidentially)
- Initiating legal proceedings
- Applying to the family court judge to prohibit the expelled person from returning to the home
- Appeal by the perpetrator: request to the family court judge to challenge the expulsion order
- Filing of a criminal complaint
- Assistance and defense in court
- Offense of failure to present a child
- Complaint to the public prosecutor
- Referral to the family court judge in parallel with the criminal complaint to modify the terms of visitation and accommodation rights in the best interests of the child
- Referral to the family court judge by emergency procedure to ensure the safety of the minor
- Defense and assistance of the alleged perpetrator at every stage (during any questioning, before the family court judge, in criminal court)
- Formal notice to the maintenance debtor to comply with the terms of an enforceable court decision
- Filing of a complaint with the public prosecutor’s office
- In the event of criminal proceedings, filing a civil claim before the courts
- Defense and assistance of the alleged perpetrator at every stage (during any questioning, before the family court judge, in criminal proceedings)
- Referral to the public prosecutor’s office, the central authority for dealing with cases of international abduction, for the immediate return of the child
- Criminal complaint for failure to return a child (international arrest warrant/Interpol intervention)
- Report to the juvenile court judge or the youth protection prosecutor’s office
- Filing of a complaint with the prosecutor’s office
- Cooperation with the central social assistance service (SCAS)
- Assistance to the alleged perpetrator at every stage, up to the defense of rights before the courts
