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Child Marriage, Polygamy and ‘Astakhov Age’ in Russia

The Chechen Wedding A recent scandal surrounding the arranged marriage of a 57-year-old Chechen police chief and a 17-year-old school girl prompted heated media discussion on the legal marriage age and polygamy in Russia. The girl became the officer’s second wife, as permitted under the Muslim faith predominant in Chechnya. Despite the bride going on [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:03:57+03:00June 3rd, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Child Marriage, Polygamy and ‘Astakhov Age’ in Russia

ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN ADOPTION GONE WRONG

Russian Adoption Problems Another heartbreaking case of a Russian adoption that has gone terribly wrong is currently being judicially reviewed in the United States. Nassau County Surrogate Court has denied a request to join Russia and the United States as parties to an action over adoption of two Russian-born children who allegedly suffer from serious [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:06:10+03:00April 28th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RUSSIAN ADOPTION GONE WRONG

WHAT YOU THINK OF AN IDEA GIVING BABY NAME IKEA? Interesting Russian Laws

Russian Family Law Developments   Russian law makers commenced working on a bill banning too exotic and insulting baby names, as well prohibiting parents from using figures, punctuation and other symbols in children’s names.   The bill proposes a list of names for civil registry offices. If parents wish to choose a name outside the [...]

By |2021-09-30T12:28:23+03:00February 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on WHAT YOU THINK OF AN IDEA GIVING BABY NAME IKEA? Interesting Russian Laws

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW: SAUDI ARABIA BILL TO STOP CHILD MARRIAGE

Changes to Saudi Arabia Family Law The Shura Council of Saudi Arabia might approve a new draft family law that would raise the age of marriage effectively prohibiting child marriage in the country. The draft law is currently pending approval by the Shura Council, the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia. If adopted, the law will set the age of [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:07:13+03:00February 5th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAW: SAUDI ARABIA BILL TO STOP CHILD MARRIAGE

The First Russian Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Registered in St. Petersburg

Russian Family Law on Same-Sex Marriages Despite the prohibition by the Russian law, the first same-sex marriage has been recently registered in Russia. 7 November 2014 Irina and Alyona officially married in Russia’s St. Petersburg. The brides arrived at the registry office (#ZAGS)  both in wedding gowns holding flowers to sign the papers that marked [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:08:39+03:00November 17th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The First Russian Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Registered in St. Petersburg

NUMBER OF RUSSIAN ORPHANS DECLINES BUT SO DOES NUMBER OF RUSSIAN CHILDREN

The Number of Orphan Russian Children Falls, Changes to Russian Adoption Practices The number of orphan Russian children  went down to 93,000 in 2014 from 119,000 orphans two years ago, after the government introduced changes to Russian adoption practices. The government stressed the following factors played the key role in this: the introduction of grants and [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:08:55+03:00October 23rd, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NUMBER OF RUSSIAN ORPHANS DECLINES BUT SO DOES NUMBER OF RUSSIAN CHILDREN

RUSSIA IS THE TOP DIVORCING NATION. RUSSIAN DIVORCE STATISTICS

Russian Divorce Rate Today Russia was rated the top divorcing nation by the UN closely followed by Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova. In modern Russia more than every second marriage fails.   Comparative table of the crude Russian divorce rate [the number of divorces per 1,000 population] & the Divorce to Marriage Ratio  country marriage divorce ratio year  Russia 9.2 4.8 51 [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:09:25+03:00October 6th, 2014|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Amendments to the Family Code of Russia

The head of the lower house committee for family issues has described a new set of legislative amendments protecting the values shared by basic religions, and inspiring young people to choose marriage over cohabitation. MP Yelena Mizulina of the center-left Fair Russia party said that she opposed the complete rewriting of family laws, but urged [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:13:04+03:00May 8th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Amendments to the Family Code of Russia

Russia Introduces Special Courts for Hague Convention Cases on International Child Abduction

Russia will establish special courts to adjudicate cases involving international child abduction cases, Deputy Minister for Education and Science Veneiamin Kaganov told RIA Novosti Monday. In 2011, Russia joined the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which aims to facilitate the immediate retrieval of children unlawfully transported to any of the 87 member states of the Convention. [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:13:13+03:00April 5th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Russia Introduces Special Courts for Hague Convention Cases on International Child Abduction

Russia May Ban the Use of Surrogate Mothers by Single Men

The lawmakers in Russia are working on a set of amendments that would effectively ban single men from using the services of surrogate mothers, governmental daily Rossiskaya Gazeta reports on Tuesday. The amendments will include for instance, a provision which would prohibit manipulation of the resulting child’s gender, with the rare exception for gender-based genetic deficiencies. The proposed legislation [...]

By |2021-10-04T11:02:40+03:00April 3rd, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Russia May Ban the Use of Surrogate Mothers by Single Men
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