The State Duma, at its first reading, passed a bill allowing maternity capital to be awarded to fathers with children born to surrogate mothers. This has been reported official website The lower house of the Russian parliament.
A bill expanding the circle of persons who can receive maternity capital was submitted to the State Duma in December 2021. In an explanatory note, the authors of the initiative said that currently support measures are primarily provided to Russian women. At the same time, the right to receive maternity capital from the man stems from the woman’s right, and the man can only receive support in some cases.
Parliamentarians propose to revise the law and extend the right to receive maternity capital to men who are recognized as single parents by the father of children. The change will also affect fathers of children born to surrogate mothers.
“The bill proposes to extend the right to additional measures of state support to men who are recognized as single parents as envisioned as the father of children born to him from January 1, 2007, as well as the first child born at the same time. A surrogate mother who married as of January 1, 2020 and raised her children in a family with her adoptive spouse” is included in the statement note.
The initiative also implies the possibility of transferring the rights of payment of the father of the child to his wife or the child himself in the event of the death of a man, as well as the possibility of committing a crime against the child. restriction of parental rights. At the same time, the spouse of a man is allowed to be a citizen of another state.
“Furthermore, the bill provides for the transfer of the right to additional measures of state support in equal shares to the spouse – the specified man or child (children) in the event of the death of a man (woman) and declares him (his) death, intentionally committing a crime related to crimes against the person and require the restriction of the rights acquired by the parents in relation to the child (children) as a result of adoption,” they added.
Previously, it was known that the Duma Council. shelved the project on the prohibition of citizens of hostile countries to adopt children from the Russian Federation.
Source: Gazeta
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