REGULATION OF ALIMONY RELATIONS UNDER NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Abstract

This research examines the alimony legal relations arising between spouses, as well as between parents and children both in Ukraine and in several other countries. The author analyses the national legislation which defines the rights and obligations of spouses to support each other during marriage and after divorce, the ways of providing maintenance to one of the spouses, determining the size of alimony to one of the spouses and the time period during which it is paid. The author also pays attention to the issues of maintenance of minor children by parents, legislative changes that have led to positive innovations in the procedure for assigning and recovering child support and identifies the main issues that lead to deliberate neglect of alimony obligations by individuals.

Alimony obligations are considered as a type of family legal relationship, with the corresponding grounds for their occurrence, the circle of subjects, voluntary and compulsory measures for their implementation, and responsibility.

The article analyses international treaties that facilitate a positive resolution of the issue of child support recovery, regardless of the location of the child and the child support payer.

The article also examines the settlement of alimony obligations in the UK and China. The author shows that each country has its own difficulties in collecting alimony, determining its amount, and monitoring the fulfilment of alimony obligations. These difficulties are related to both legislative factors and cultural, social, and economic aspects. And each country is trying to find a universal balanced solution to all problematic issues arising in alimony relations.