Rositsa Astakova
Attorney-at-Law · Sofia, Bulgaria
Family, divorce, inheritance and real estate law in Bulgaria —
clear advice and court representation in English, Spanish and Bulgarian.
Bulgarian legal matters, handled personally
Rositsa Astakova is a Bulgarian attorney, a member of the Sofia Bar Association since 2015. Her practice is devoted to the areas of law that touch private life most closely — marriage and divorce, children, inheritance and the family home. She advises foreign nationals with legal matters in Bulgaria as well as Bulgarians living abroad, and every case is handled by her personally, from the first consultation to the final court decision or notarial deed.
Family Law & Divorce
Divorce by mutual consent or through contested proceedings, parental responsibility, child maintenance and the division of matrimonial property.
Inheritance & Succession
Wills, acceptance and renunciation of an estate, reserved shares of close relatives and the partition of inherited property in Bulgaria.
Real Estate & Property
Title checks, preliminary contracts and notarial deeds, transfers between relatives and spouses, and property disputes before the Bulgarian courts.
Practice areas
Divorce in Bulgaria
Bulgarian law provides two routes to divorce. Where both spouses agree, the marriage may be dissolved by mutual consent on the basis of a written settlement covering the children, maintenance, the family home and the use of the family name. Where there is no agreement, the court is asked to establish that the marriage has broken down deeply and irretrievably.
Rositsa Astakova drafts and negotiates settlement agreements, represents clients in contested proceedings and regularly acts for spouses who live outside Bulgaria and cannot attend every hearing in person.
Children and family matters
Disputes about children are decided according to the best interests of the child. The practice covers the exercise of parental rights, the place of residence of the child, contact arrangements, child maintenance and its later variation, consent for a child to travel abroad and protection against domestic violence.
It also includes marriage contracts and the choice of a matrimonial property regime — statutory community of property, separation of property or a contractual regime.
Inheritance and succession
Inheritance in Bulgaria passes either by operation of law or under a will, and close relatives — children, a surviving spouse and, in some cases, parents — are entitled to a reserved share that a will or a lifetime gift cannot override. For estates with an international element, the EU Succession Regulation determines which country’s law applies.
Assistance includes drafting wills, obtaining certificates of heirs, accepting or renouncing an inheritance, claims for restoration of a reserved share and the voluntary or judicial partition of inherited property among co-heirs.
Real estate and property law
Ownership of real estate in Bulgaria is transferred by notarial deed and recorded in the Property Register. Before any purchase, the title history and existing encumbrances — mortgages, injunctions, claims by third parties — need to be verified.
Rositsa Astakova carries out title checks, reviews and drafts preliminary contracts, prepares sales, donations and transfers between spouses and relatives, and represents owners in ownership, boundary and co-ownership disputes. Clients abroad can be represented under a power of attorney.
About Rositsa Astakova
Rositsa Astakova was admitted to the Sofia Bar Association in 2015 and has practised in Sofia ever since. She graduated from the Spanish Language High School in Burgas and holds a degree in law from Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, completed with the highest grade, Excellent (6.00).
Her work is centred on family, inheritance and property matters — cases in which the legal question is rarely separate from the personal one. Clients can expect a realistic assessment of their position, a clear explanation of each step of the procedure and direct contact with their attorney throughout. Consultations are held in Bulgarian, English and Spanish, in person at the Sofia office or remotely for clients abroad.
Education & admission
- Sofia Bar Association — admitted 2015
- Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” — Law, graduated with Excellent (6.00)
- Spanish Language High School, Burgas — 2001–2006
Languages
- Bulgarian — native
- English
- Spanish
- Romanian — currently studying
Get in touch
Describe your matter briefly and you will receive a reply by e-mail, usually within one business day. Sending a message does not create an attorney–client relationship.
Law office in Sofia
Rositsa Astakova, Attorney-at-Law
99 Tsaribrodska Street
1309 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 87 931 9933
E-mail: ask@kantora.cloud
Monday – Friday: 09:00 – 19:00
Saturday and Sunday: by appointment