Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws on responsibility for non-payment of alimony in full. This became known on Thursday, December 30.
Thus, changes were made to Article 157 of the Criminal Code (“Non-payment of funds for the maintenance of children or disabled parents”). This article provides for imprisonment for up to one year for repeated non-payment of alimony. Now the legislative provisions have been adjusted in such a way that the defaulter will be exempted from liability in the event of debt repayment. The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legal information.
Another law supplemented article 5.35.1 of the RF Code of Administrative Offenses. According to the innovation, failure to pay alimony within two months entails liability in the form of correctional labor, arrest for 10-15 days or a fine of 20 thousand rubles.
The relevant laws were approved by the Federation Council on December 21.
On October 4, from the data of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP), it became known that the number of enforcement proceedings on the recovery of alimony has decreased in Russia. So, according to the department, in 2015 696.6 thousand cases were initiated, and in 2010 – 976.5 thousand.
On May 30, employees of the capital’s FSSP head office drew up a portrait of the average alimony debtor living in Moscow. According to statistics, most of the alimony debtors are men, and only 9.5% are women.
Source: IZ
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