Family Code of Russia

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Prime source of family law in Russia

Family Code of Russia

Parliament of Russia
Citation	223-FZ
Territorial extent	Russia
Enacted by	Parliament of Russia
Signed by	President of Russia
Signed	29 December 1995
Commenced	1 March 1996
Status: Amended

The Family Code of Russia (Russian: Semeinyi kodeks Rossiiskoi Federatsii, abbreviated as SK RF) is the prime source of family law in the Russian Federation. It was passed by the State Duma on 8 December 1995, signed into law by President Boris Yeltsin on 29 December 1995, and came into force on 1 March 1996. It has been amended a number of times since then, most recently in June 2008.^[1]

Structure of the Family Code

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Section I: General provisions
Section II: Marriage and divorce
Section III: The rights and duties of spouses
Section IV: The rights and duties of parents and children
Section V: Alimony duties of family members
Section VI: Ways of raising children who are not under parental care
Section VII: Application of family law to family relationships that include foreign citizens and stateless persons
Section VIII: Concluding remarks