Family Code of Russia

The Family Code of Russia (Семейный кодекс Российской Федерации, abbreviated as СК РФ) 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.

Structure of the Family Code

 * 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