Legal guides - what to do when this has happened
This page is for the moment when something has already happened and you do not yet know where to start: a relative has been detained, a debt is not being repaid, you have been dismissed, there is one day left before buying a flat. Every guide starts from a specific situation and ends with what to do in the first hour - not with a review of the law.
All six guides follow one structure: what happened, what to do today, which deadlines are running, which documents to gather, where people most often go wrong, and at which step continuing without a lawyer becomes dangerous. The text has been reviewed by lawyers in the relevant field, and the date is on every page.
What to do when detained
The first 48 hours: your rights, what silence means, how to reach a lawyer and what not to sign.
Read → Civil law · 10 minHow to recover a debt
From an IOU to enforcement: the demand letter, the payment order, the claim, attachment of assets and the three-year limitation period.
Read → Family law · 11 minDivorce step by step
Public Service Hall or court, where the child lives, maintenance and division of property - the order that saves years.
Read → Employment law · 9 minUnlawful dismissal
30 days to demand written reasons, 30 days for court: how to prove unlawfulness and what to claim - reinstatement or compensation.
Read → Immigration · 12 minResidence permit in Georgia
Nine types, one procedure: which ground fits you, which documents you need, why applications are refused and how to appeal.
Read → Real estate · 10 minChecking a flat before buying
The extract, liens, mortgages, the building permit, the developer's contract - 12 checks before you transfer the money.
Read →One structure for all six guides
If you have read one guide, you already know where to find what in the next. That is deliberate - in a crisis there is no time to search.
The situation
What has happened and what it means legally - in two paragraphs, without jargon. Who the parties are, which body is involved, what the dispute is about.
Today
The actions of the first hour and the first day, in order. What you can and should do before a lawyer: preserve, record, do not sign, fix the deadline.
Deadlines
Every deadline running in the situation, with its starting point. The guide links to the deadline calculator where one exists.
Documents
The list of what a lawyer needs at the first meeting - so that the first consultation is the start of the case, not the dictation of a list.
Typical mistakes
Five or six steps by which people damage their own case before they reach a lawyer. Each one comes from real cases.
Where the lawyer begins
We state openly up to which step you can act alone and where the risk begins. Every guide leads to verified lawyers in the relevant field.
A guide is not legal advice - and here is why we say so in the first paragraph
A guide describes the typical case under Georgian law as of the date of writing. Your case may differ from the typical one by a single detail - a clause in the contract, the date a deadline starts, the opponent's status - and that one detail changes the answer. So the text gives you a direction, while the decision is taken by a lawyer together with your documents.
The second reason is time. Laws change, and court practice even more so. Every guide carries the date of publication and the last update; if the date is more than a year old, check the deadlines and figures with a lawyer before you act.
And the third: a guide cannot say "do not worry". It only says what to do. The worrying part is taken over by the coordinator - with one call, within {min} minutes, free of charge.
Questions about the guides
Who writes the guides and who checks them?
The platform's editorial team writes the text from interviews with practising lawyers, and then a verified lawyer in the relevant field reviews the deadlines, figures and procedure. The reviewer's field and the date of the check are shown on the page.
Why are there only six guides?
These six situations cover more than half of the enquiries that reach the platform. A new guide is added when the same question arrives at least ten times a month - that is how we know it answers a real need and not a search engine.
Will the deadline given in a guide apply to my case?
In most cases yes, but the starting point depends on your documents - the date of service, the announcement, the form of notification. The guide gives you the rule, the calculator computes the date, and the lawyer checks that you have taken the right starting day.
Can I run a case by the guide without a lawyer?
Individual steps - yes: a demand letter, a request for written reasons, gathering documents, obtaining an extract. Every guide openly marks the step from which continuing without a lawyer harms the case - usually drafting a court document or negotiating with the other side.
You have read the steps. Now one call - and they are fitted to your case
At a free consultation a lawyer will compare the guide's steps with your documents and tell you which you have already done and which you have missed - within 15 minutes the coordinator will contact you.