Location: Paris, France
Bars: Paris Bar & New York Bar
Languages: French, English (bilingual services)

About Maître Assuied Hodara

Maître Noémie Assuied Hodara is a distinguished family and divorce lawyer based in Paris, dual-qualified with the Paris Bar and the New York Bar. Her practice focuses on international family law, advising French and foreign clients on cross-border divorce, separation, and child-related matters. She is known for combining rigorous legal strategy with deep empathy — helping her clients navigate personal and emotional challenges with strength, clarity, and dignity.

Drawn to the complexities created by the globalization of families, Maître Assuied Hodara has built a reputation for excellence in international family disputes. Her approach blends technical precision, emotional intelligence, and cultural awareness, ensuring clients receive comprehensive legal and human support.

Values & Commitments

• Availability & responsiveness: Dedicated, attentive, and present at every stage of the case.
• Personalized & bilingual guidance: Each family is unique — services are adapted to clients’ specific cultural, linguistic, and personal contexts.
• Empathetic support: Helping clients navigate sensitive moments with warmth, clarity, and respect.
• Amicable solutions first: Committed to mediation and collaborative law where possible, to reduce conflict and preserve family relationships.
• Strategic litigation when required: In contentious cases, deploying sophisticated legal strategies supported by a trusted network of professionals — mediators, financial experts, tax advisors, psychologists, and investigators.

Areas of Expertise

The Couple

• Pre- and post-nuptial agreements; matrimonial regime planning
• Separation of cohabitants and PACS partners
• Judicial and mutual consent divorce
• Spousal support, alimony, and compensatory payments
• Liquidation and division of matrimonial assets
• Family pacts and parental agreements
• Collaborative law and mediation processes

Children

• Parental authority and custody arrangements
• Child residence and visitation disputes
• Adoption and parentage matters
• Child maintenance and education funding
• Protection of minors and vulnerable adults
• Visitation rights for grandparents and step-parents

Family Criminal Law

• Domestic violence and restraining orders
• Alimony default and family abandonment cases
• Child abduction and non-compliance with custody orders

Civil Status & Identity

• Change of name or gender
• Rectification of civil status records

Expert in International Family Law

With dual qualifications in France and the United States, Maître Assuied Hodara assists clients whose family and financial lives span multiple countries. She advises on jurisdictional strategy, conflict of laws, and the recognition or enforcement of foreign judgments, including:

• Drafting international pre- and post-nuptial agreements
• Planning expatriations and anticipating applicable law
• Resolving jurisdictional disputes and concurrent proceedings
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign family law decisions
• Affidavits and clarifications for foreign proceedings
• International child relocation and abduction cases

Her work ensures that international families receive consistent and coordinated legal protection across borders, avoiding conflicts between legal systems and ensuring decisions are respected abroad.

Publications & Partnerships

Maître Assuied Hodara regularly contributes to the advancement of family law through writing and teaching. She is the author of numerous legal publications in both French and international journals, covering topics such as:

• Franco-American marriages and cross-border family planning
• Spousal support and compensatory allowance reforms
• Collaborative law and mediation between lawyers
• The reform of judicial divorce proceedings in France (2021)
• Recognition of consensual divorces in the Middle East
• International child custody jurisdiction and enforcement

Her firm is also a partner of the Sorbonne Legal Clinic, supporting student training and access to justice initiatives.

Why Clients Choose Maître Assuied Hodara

Clients appreciate Maître Assuied Hodara’s ability to combine legal precision with humanity. Whether negotiating a cross-border divorce, advising on child relocation, or defending against complex international claims, she provides thoughtful, bilingual guidance that empowers families to move forward with clarity and confidence. Her balanced, solution-oriented mindset makes her one of Paris’s most trusted family law specialists for international clients.