With effort of the LAS Tbilisi Bureau lawyer Tea Kaulashvili the single mother Inga G. won the dispute with the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia.
Inga M. addressed Legal Aid Service after the Ministry removed the status of an IDP from her and her minor children – Tata and Aleksandre G (for the reason that the statuses were obtained on the bases of false documentation and information).
Until 2015, Inga G. together with her children, was registered as an IDP from Abkhazia and lived in the building of one of Tbilisi schools. He was socially unprotected, single mother. Removal of the IDP status put the family before danger of losing their shelter. Besides, the family would lose the chance to receive long-term accommodation from the state.
Several trials were held on this case where the Ministry demonstrated their doubt regarding the fact that the permanent place of residence of Inga G. was Abkhazia. The Ministry argued that Inga G. had not left Abkhazia while the war hostilities. She was born in Samtredia in 1977 where she was registered till 2002 and during 1984-1994 she went to local school.
The lawyer Tea Kaulashvili presented the counter statement to the court and the motions; she also specified demand in the lawsuit. Despite having no witnesses to prove her position, the court fully shared the position of the lawyer Tea Kaulashvili and satisfied her demand.
The position of the lawyer was grounded on the arguments that: in order to establish the place of residence of a person, it is not necessary that place of living and place of registration coincide with each other. Moreover, there was no doubt regarding the fact that Teimuraz G., father of Inga G, was IDP which meant that while the war hostilities Inga G. was a minor and she would still gain the status of an IDP wherever she had lived or studied. The Ministry could not prove that the documents were forged and the information was false.
Finally, the court satisfied the lawsuit of Inga G. and her minor children. Namely, the court found void the related orders of the Ministry and obliged it to issues new legislative acts regarding restoration the status of an IDP for Inga G. and her minor children.