Establishing the fact of ownership of a title document

Ms. Tetyana turned to Vladyslava, a lawyer at the DRC-supported NGO Institute for Analysis and Advocacy, to establish the ownership of a title document, namely a certificate of ownership of an apartment issued in February 1994 and a technical passport for the apartment.

Ms. Tetyana and her sister inherited the apartment from their mother. When they applied to a notary to formalize the inheritance, they found errors in the spelling of their surname in the certificate of ownership and technical passport. The reason for this mistake was Tatiana's mother's birth certificate, which was issued to her in Russian with an incorrect translation into Ukrainian during privatization.

After receiving a refusal from the notary, Ms. Tetyana turned to a lawyer for help: she appealed to the Architectural and Inventory Bureau of the Zolochiv Village Council and the Zolochiv Village Council to correct the error and provide explanations as to how the mistake had occurred. Based on the responses provided by the institutions, Vladyslava's lawyer filed a statement with the court to establish the fact that the title document belongs to the court.

The court fully satisfied the application: established the fact that Tatiana's mother owned the certificate of ownership of the apartment, issued on February 4, 1994; established the fact that Tatiana's mother owned the technical passport for the apartment (case No. 554/10776/23).

The NGO “Institute for Analysis and Advocacy” provides free legal aid in Poltava region through cooperation with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and funding from the European Union's civil protection and humanitarian aid.