How much child maintenance should i ask for

How much child maintenance should I pay?

If you and your ex-partner have children, you’re both expected to continue to pay towards their costs after you separate. And often that means one parent will pay the other. You can agree this between you or, if you can’t agree, ask the Child Maintenance Service to calculate the amount.

What’s in this guide

• Arranging child maintenance yourselves
• How much are you expected to pay?
• When does child maintenance stop?
• How your income affects how much you pay
• How the number of children affects how much you pay
• How shared care affects child maintenance
• Paying for children from another relationship

Arranging child maintenance yourselves

If you and the other parent are arranging child maintenance between you, you’re free to decide the amount one parent pays the other. This is referred to as a family-based arrangement.

While the Child Maintenance Service doesn’t need to be involved if you do this, it’s a good idea to check the amount you agree against what they would assess it to be.

It’s important to think about what you’d like to include in this payment and how you’d like to pay:

• Do you want to pay a fixed regular amount or will you vary it to help with extra expenses throughout the year?
• Do you want to cover the cost of things like school uniform, activities or holidays?
• Do you want to pay a percentage of your earnings? If your earnings fluctuate, this might be helpful to you but it would mean the amount of child support is less predictable.

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How much are you expected to pay?

If you can’t agree how much child maintenance one parent should pay the other, you can ask the Child Maintenance Service to calculate it for you.

They’ll take into account:

• how many children you have
• the paying parent’s income
• how much time children spend with the paying parent
• whether the paying parent is paying child maintenance for other children.

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When does child maintenance stop?

You’re normally expected to pay child maintenance until your child is 16, or until they’re 20 if they’re in school or college full-time studying for:

• A-levels
• Highers, or
• equivalent.

Child maintenance might stop earlier – for example, if one parent dies or the child no longer qualifies for child benefit.

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How your income affects how much you pay

There are different child maintenance rates according to the paying parent’s gross weekly income – this means how much you receive before things like tax and National Insurance are taken off.

Child maintenance amounts based on weekly pay

(2021 figures - see GOV.UK for more information. )

If your gross weekly income is more than £3,000, you can apply to the court to make a child maintenance ‘top-up’ order.

But before the court will deal with your application, they’ll need to see a Child Maintenance Service calculation showing this.

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How the number of children affects how much you pay

If you’re paying child maintenance and you’re on the basic rate of child maintenance, the amount you pay will depend on the number of children you’re being asked to pay for.

The figures below assume that your children stay with the parent who receives child maintenance all the time.

On the basic rate, if you’re paying for:

• one child, you’ll pay 12% of your gross weekly income
• two children, you’ll pay 16% of your gross weekly income
• three or more children, you’ll pay 19% of your gross weekly income.

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How shared care affects child maintenance

Many parents decide to share the care of their children.

If your children spend some time with the paying parent, this will reduce the amount of child maintenance he or she pays.

There are different ‘bands’ which determine how much child maintenance is reduced by.

The amount of child maintenance is reduced for each child who spends time with the paying parent.

If over the year your child is with the paying parent between:

• 52 and 103 nights: child maintenance is reduced by 1/7th for each child
• 104 and 155 nights: child maintenance is reduced by 2/7th for each child
• 156 and 174 nights: child maintenance is reduced by 3/7th for each child
• 175 nights or more nights: child maintenance is reduced by 50%, plus an extra £7 a week reduction for each child.

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Paying for children from another relationship

If the paying parent’s gross weekly income is between £200 and £3,000, and they pay child maintenance for other children, this is taken into account when working out how much they should pay.

The Child Maintenance Service simply reduces the amount of weekly income that it takes into account. For example, if the paying parent is paying for:

• one other child, their weekly income will be reduced by 11%
• two other children, their weekly income will be reduced by 14%
• three or more other children, their weekly income will be reduced by 16%.

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Calculate child maintenance | nidirect

You can use the online calculator to find out how much child maintenance you might pay or receive. The calculated amounts are guidance only for parents living apart. Use the calculations to decide about applying to CMS, making a family-based agreement or asking for a Consent Order.

Service options

If you contacted Child Maintenance Choices and discussed your options with them, you may wish to make an application for statutory child maintenance.

If after having spoken with the Choices Team you would like to consider your options further before making a decision, contact Child Maintenance Service.

• Child Maintenance Service

How to use the calculator

To use the calculator you'll need to know:

• the paying parent's gross weekly income
• the number of children the maintenance is to be paid for
• the number of nights, on average, the paying parent has the child(children) for each year
• the number of other children living in the paying parent’s household

The calculator can give you an indication of the amount of maintenance that might be payable.

The amount of child maintenance worked out by the online calculator may be different from that which the statutory maintenance service works out and asked a paying parent to pay, or the amount that has been agreed in court as part of a consent order.

This should not be used as grounds for appealing against a decision or for asking a court to change a consent order.

• Calculate child maintenance (GOV.UK website)

Circumstances not covered by online calculator

There are a number of circumstances which are not covered by the online calculator.

These include:

• when the paying parent's income is greater than £3,000 per week
• paying parents who receive a benefit
• cases where maintenance will be shared between two or more parents with care
• Other financial commitments in child maintenance cases

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Usually, child support is collected as a share of the parents' income: for one child - a quarter, for two - a third, for three - half of the income .

With this approach, if one parent has a regular income, then the second one receives the same amount for children every month and can plan spending: on clothes, sections and tutors.

But if a parent is a piece-rate freelancer and gets 200,000 R one month and zero the next, it becomes difficult to predict how much money a child will receive in a given month. Therefore, the family code provides for alimony, the amount of which will not change from month to month. This is alimony in a fixed amount of money. nine0003

In the article I will tell you what it is, in what situations alimony is prescribed in a fixed amount of money, how to calculate and collect it.

What is hard money alimony

Hard money is a fixed, constant amount of alimony that does not change from month to month depending on the income of the alimony payer.

Child support can be collected as a share of official income, a fixed amount of money, or a combination of both. nine0021 By law, children have the right to receive a fixed amount from their parents for maintenance so that their quality of life does not change from month to month. Therefore, alimony in a fixed amount of money is more profitable if the parent does not have a permanent income or he hides it.

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How to calculate and pay child support

Also, if there are several children in the family and the child stays with each parent, child support can only be collected from a more affluent parent in a fixed amount of money. nine0003

Parents can agree on a fixed amount of child support and fix it in a notarial deed without going to court. The main thing is that the child receives no less than what is required by law. The agreement cannot be terminated unilaterally, it has the force of a writ of execution: if the debtor stops paying, the money under such a document can be forcibly recovered. I will tell you more about how to draw up an alimony agreement in a fixed amount of money below.

ch. 16 SK RF

You can also ask for a fixed amount of alimony in court, if there are grounds. For example:

• the second parent has a variable income;
• the other parent receives income in foreign currency or in kind;
• the second parent has no official sources of income;
• it is impossible, difficult, or it significantly violates the rights of children to collect alimony in a share. For example, if the official salary of the second parent is equal to the regional minimum wage, and he receives the rest in an envelope. nine0038

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In addition to children, other needy family members can claim child support in their favor. And only in hard cash. Disabled brothers and sisters, grandparents, and grandchildren have this right. Even with stepchildren, stepfathers and stepmothers - if there are no closer wealthy relatives.

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How to apply for child support

Legal framework. All maintenance issues are regulated by the family code - section 5 of the RF IC is devoted to this. nine0003

Chapter 13 of the RF IC defines the conditions for the collection of alimony from parents to children - both in shares and in a fixed amount - and from children to parents.

Chapter 14 of the RF IC establishes the conditions for collecting alimony in favor of spouses and former spouses. As a general rule, spouses should help each other. And the former spouse can count on help if he is raising a common child or if he has become disabled.

Chapter 15 of the RF IC is devoted to the issues of alimony to grandparents, brothers, sisters and other relatives. nine0003

When the court determines the amount of alimony, it is guided by Chapter 17 of the RF IC. And if relatives agree on alimony without a court - in a notarial agreement, then they should be guided by Chapter 16 of the RF IC: it is devoted to the conclusion, amendment and termination of alimony agreements.

Pros and cons of alimony in a fixed amount of money

There are no pluses or minuses in a fixed amount of alimony for relatives other than children: this is the only possible option.

But child support in a fixed amount of money can sometimes be more profitable, because it guarantees stability: if the parent who pays them earns less than usual in some month, the child will not suffer. This ensures that the child will maintain a normal standard of living in any case. nine0003

We told the story of a pilot who wanted to reduce child support for his eldest son. It was about the share of alimony, but it was not possible to reduce them: the mother and her lawyer argued that this would change the child's habitual lifestyle.

It is also more convenient to calculate alimony in a fixed amount of money. For example, when a child stays with each of the parents, but one of the parents is better off.

There is only one minus: if the parent who pays alimony starts earning more, and the other parent does not find out about this and does not demand an increase in the amount of alimony in court, then the child will receive less than he could. However, a loving parent, if he has more opportunities, will offer to pay for the child, for example, additional classes or a trip abroad. nine0003

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What the other parent of the child owes you

Grounds for assigning alimony in a fixed amount of money

Fixed child support the court appoints to ensure a stable quality of life for the child. As I wrote above, this is relevant when a parent has an irregular, changing income, or he receives it in kind or in foreign currency, or he does not have it at all. For example, such alimony is often collected from entrepreneurs. nine0003

para. 6 paragraph 3 of section 3 of the review of judicial practice in cases of recovery of child supportPDF, 409 KB

Alimony payments to a child with a disability after 18 years are provided if he is unable to work. The Plenum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation considers disabled children with any group of disabilities. If children simply cannot find work without education or are busy studying, then they are not considered disabled.

item 7, para. 2 p. 38 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 26, 2017 No. 56PDF, 451 KB

Mother and father have equal obligations to support a child with a disability. If the parents and the disabled child do not agree among themselves on the amount of alimony, they will be determined by the court, taking into account the financial and marital status of the child, each of the parents and other noteworthy circumstances. At the same time, the court always assigns 90,021 alimony for adult disabled children in a fixed amount of money.

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If an adult with a disability is not recognized as incompetent, then he independently applies to the court. If recognized, the guardian applies to the court. nine0003

The court takes into account how much the applicant with a disability needs to meet his needs and deducts the state pension from this amount. The court also finds out what other relatives can support him: for example, whether he has a spouse.

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For the maintenance of the spouse , maintenance is always assigned in a fixed amount of money.

Art. 90 SK RF

The following can claim maintenance for themselves:

• wife during pregnancy and up to the third anniversary of a common child;
• the father of a child under three years of age, if he sits with him, and the mother has retired from education;
• a needy spouse who cares for a common child with a disability up to 18 years of age or a child with a disability from childhood of the first group, regardless of age; nine0038
• disabled needy ex-spouse.

paragraph 44 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2017 No. 56PDF, 351 KB

According to the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2017 No. 56, spouses and former spouses are considered disabled if they have any disability group. Or if they have reached retirement or pre-retirement age - 55 years for women and 60 years for men.

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A disabled spouse is entitled to apply for maintenance after a divorce if he/she:

1. received a disability before the divorce or within a year after it;
2. reached retirement age within 5 years of divorce if the marriage was long-term. How long - the family code does not say. So, in each case, it will be up to the court to decide.

At the same time, according to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the former spouse will be entitled to alimony not only if he registered a disability during the marriage, but also if he received a disability earlier. This means that marriage to a person with a disability or a pensioner is a potential risk that in the event of a divorce, you will have to pay alimony. Although if the marriage was short, then the court may refuse to collect alimony. nine0003

paragraph 45 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 26, 2017 No. 56PDF, 351 KB

Payment of alimony to parents from children is possible if the parents:

1. are not deprived of parental rights.
2. Fulfilled their parental duties, including financial support for their children.
3. They need extra money, which they have nowhere else to get, and children can help them financially.

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If the children can prove that the parents once evaded parental responsibilities, the court may refuse to recover child support. But he may not refuse - in such disputes, the question of the amount is more important. For example, if the father demands 20,000 R per month, and the son asks to dismiss the claim because the father disappeared immediately after his birth, then the court may not refuse the claim completely, but collect only 500 or 1000 R per month. nine0003

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The court also takes into account the material needs and capabilities of the parent: whether he receives a state pension and other payments, whether he needs housing and expensive treatment or care, whether he has a spouse and other children who are obliged to help, how much money he needs and how much he already receives from other sources.

In the same way, the court takes into account the financial and family situation of children: how much money an adult child has after paying off loans, enforcement orders, paying alimony, is this amount enough for all members of his family. nine0003

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If the child being sued has brothers or sisters, the court may not consider their financial situation, but divide the amount needed by the parent, taking into account all the children.

For example, Nikolai Stepanovich has four children, and he only demands money from Masha's daughter. If he lacks 5,000 R per month for treatment, then the court has the right to recover only 1,250 R per month from Masha. At the same time, he does not have the obligation to divide the amount of alimony for all children. nine0003

How to calculate maintenance in a fixed amount

The relative who applies for maintenance must justify its amount, and the court must assess whether the plaintiff really needs such an amount and whether the defendant can pay that much. That is, the court always starts from the requested amount - it does not come up with it itself. If the plaintiff does not indicate the amount of alimony in his claims, the claim will not even be considered.

The main task in calculating child support in a fixed amount of money is to maintain the child's previous standard of living to the maximum. Here are the circumstances the court draws attention to:

1. How the child was provided for while the parents were married or while the other parent paid child support voluntarily.
2. Does the child go to a music or art school, in sports and dance sections, in other additional development institutions - and how much does it all cost.
3. How much does a parent living separately earn and what kind of property does he have, through which he can provide for children: real estate, vehicles, bank deposits. nine0038
4. Whether the second parent provides for other relatives.

Review of judicial practice in cases of recovery of child support PDF, 409 KB

At the same time, child support can be collected simultaneously in shares and in a fixed amount if the parent’s salary is small and he has additional sources of income.

For example, Ivan's salary is 40,000 R, but he earns another 60,000 R as a freelancer. His only child, Pasha, has asthma and needs money for treatment. The court may assign alimony in the amount of 25% of the salary and another 10,000 R on top - for treatment-related expenses. nine0003

In this way, two principles are observed: a son will always have money for treatment, regardless of his father’s income, but, like children from a complete family, he can receive a different amount for education, food and clothing, depending on whether his father will work.

Alimony for adults is collected only as assistance, and not as full maintenance. Therefore, when the court calculates their amount, it takes into account whether the alimony recipient has housing and other property. As well as money from other sources - scholarships, pensions, benefits. The court also takes into account whether the alimony payer has other relatives whom he supports, obligations under loans and court decisions. nine0003

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Support rights

An adult who applies for support will have to prove the amount of necessary expenses not covered by the state. That is, that he really needs additional treatment, nutrition and care. At the same time, the court may not recover the entire requested amount - it depends on the capabilities of the alimony payer.

For example, a parent is seriously ill. He needs 60,000 R per month for a nurse and medicines, while his pension is only 20,000 R. All expenses are supported by medical documents. But if a child earns only 30,000 R and keeps his children and wife on maternity leave, then he will definitely not be charged the entire amount the parent needs. nine0003

How to draw up an agreement on alimony in a fixed amount of money

An agreement on the payment of alimony in a fixed amount can be concluded by any relative. But if it is about alimony for children, then in their interests it is signed by a parent, guardian or other legal representative. In the same way, if an incompetent person receives alimony, then the guardian signs the agreement instead.

Any agreement on the payment of alimony is concluded in writing and certified by a notary - no matter how the parties agreed to pay them: in shares or a fixed sum of money. nine0003

Art. 100 SK RF

As a rule, an agreement is concluded if there is no dispute between relatives about the amount of alimony. This is faster than going to court, but more expensive: you will have to pay a state fee and pay for notary services. State duty for certifying an agreement on the payment of alimony - 250 R.

paragraphs. 9 p. 1 art. 333.24 Tax Code of the Russian Federation

All documents that are subject to certification are drawn up in the notary's office for a fee - this is called legal and technical services. Most likely, it will not work to come with a ready document and not pay for the services of a notary - we wrote about this in another article. nine0003

The cost of legal and technical services varies by region. For example, in 2022 in Moscow, the service for drawing up an agreement on the payment of alimony costs 8000 RUR, and in the Orenburg region - 6400 RUR. This means that if a relative stops paying under an agreement, then it is enough to take the agreement to the bailiffs so that they begin to collect money forcibly. nine0003

A notarial agreement can be challenged in court if it violates someone's rights.

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Rights when receiving alimony

For example, parents from the Nizhny Novgorod region entered into an agreement that a father would pay alimony for two sons. Later, the sons moved in with their dad: one turned 18, and the place of residence of the second with dad was officially determined by the court.

The mother went with an agreement to the bailiffs to collect money in her favor, as if her sons were still living with her. The father asked the court to invalidate the agreement, and the court agreed with him. nine0003

How to collect alimony in a fixed amount of money through the court

Until October 1, 2019, justices of the peace dealt with disputes about the recovery of alimony. Now they only issue court orders for the recovery of child support for minor children as a share of income. Therefore, , for a decision on the recovery of alimony in a fixed amount of money, you must apply to the district or city court at the place of residence of the plaintiff or defendant. Which court to go to is chosen by the one who applies for alimony. nine0003

Art. 23, Art. 29 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation

Contents of the statement of claim. In the lawsuit, you need to explain how much and why you want to receive from your relative and how you can prove that the relative can pay such an amount, that is, justify your position in detail. But, judging by practice, this can not be done if we are talking about alimony for a minor child in the amount of the subsistence minimum.

Art. 131 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation

Sample claim for the recovery of alimony

When applying to the court, you need to provide detailed information about who you are making demands on so that money is not debited by mistake from the debtor's namesake. In addition to the defendant's address, it is worth indicating:

• his date and place of birth;
• place of work;
• details of any document - passport, TIN, SNILS, driver's license, vehicle registration certificate.

If you don’t know any of this, don’t worry: the court will independently request information about the relative. nine0003 This is a claim for child support. You can use it as a sample

Documents. A document is attached to the copy of the statement of claim for the court, which confirms the sending of a copy of the claim to the defendant. Usually this is a notice of delivery of a registered letter signed by the defendant. Or the defendant can sign a copy of the claim. The court is obliged to send the defendant only subpoenas and judicial acts.

Art. 132 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation

It is also necessary to confirm the family relationship between the one who wants to receive alimony and the one from whom they are being collected, because alimony is an obligation of a family law nature. Suitable for this:

1. birth certificate of the child, if maintenance is collected from a parent or, conversely, from an adult child for the maintenance of a needy parent;
2. marriage certificate, if alimony is collected from the spouse;
3. certificate of divorce, if alimony is collected from the former spouse.

The requested amount of alimony can be confirmed:

1. checks for the purchase of clothes, shoes, food and other essential expenses; nine0038
2. receipts or checks for payment for kindergarten, private school, sections;
3. receipts or checks for payment for medicines and medical procedures prescribed by a doctor.

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Alimony through the eyes of statistics

An adult disabled person can confirm the need for alimony:

1. with a certificate from the PFR stating that he does not have enough pension points for labor pension and/or age for social pension;
2. a certificate of disability due to a serious illness that requires outside care and expensive medicines that the state does not provide; nine0038
3. a certificate from the employment center stating that a person cannot be registered as unemployed.

Documents on expenses can be anything. But if a pensioner or a person with a disability already receives a pension from the state in the amount of more than the regional subsistence minimum for pensioners, then in order to assign alimony, the costs must be special. For example, paying for a nurse or rented housing if you don’t have your own, and you can’t live with relatives.

Documents on the property of the defendant can also be attached to the claim, if the plaintiff has them. If not, the plaintiff may file a motion for the court to request documents from the defendant, his employer, Rosreestr or the traffic police. nine0003

Art. 57 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation

If it turns out that the defendant has several apartments and cars, then it can be assumed that he has a stable financial situation and can pay alimony. The defendant's high position can be confirmed, for example, by a printout from the company's website, where the management team is indicated. And if the defendant is the head or participant of the LLC, then with information from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities from the website of the Federal Tax Service.

If you need to receive alimony for the period before going to court, you will have to prove that you have already tried to receive alimony out of court before. nine0003

Art. 107 SK RF

section 6 of the review of judicial practice in cases of recovery of child supportPDF, 125 KB

Evidence can be registered letters with notifications, emails, canceled court orders for the recovery of child support, documents from law enforcement agencies on the search for the defendant. And the defendant himself can recognize the claim for the recovery of alimony for past periods.

The amount of state duty for filing a claim for the recovery of alimony is 0 R, that is, the plaintiff does not need to pay it. But if the court satisfies the demand for the recovery of alimony, then the state duty will be recovered from the defendant. Then its size is 150 R.

paras. 14 p. 1 art. 333.19

paras. 2 p. 1 art. 333.36 Tax Code of the Russian Federation

art. 154 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation

Deadlines for consideration of the application. The judge must consider the dispute on the recovery of alimony within a month from the date the claim was received by the court.

These are official dates. They can be influenced by various circumstances. For example, bodies or organizations from which the court has requested information and documents may not provide them on time.

Or if the defendant is already paying alimony to someone, then these people will be involved in the lawsuit as third parties who do not make independent claims. So they are informed that the defendant, after the trial, will be obliged to pay alimony to someone else. nine0003

Art. 43 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation

It is not necessary for third parties to come to court, but if they decide to attend, this may delay the consideration of the case. For example, if the court asks them for some documents

Grounds for refusal of alimony in a fixed amount of money

If the child is already an adult and capable , the court will refuse to collect alimony from the parent.

For example, in 2018 in the Krasnodar Territory, a guardian grandmother demanded that her granddaughter's father reimburse the expenses of his daughter's paid higher education. The courts of first instance and appeals decided that the father deprived of parental rights and the guardian-grandmother, who replaces the mother, bear equal obligations to support the daughter. Therefore, 50% of the tuition fee was collected from the father for the first semester paid by the grandmother, and for the next 5 years of study. nine0003

The father complained to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, and he canceled the judicial acts for two reasons:

1. At the time of filing the claim, the daughter was already 18 years old, that is, the right of the grandmother to act in the interests of her granddaughter as a guardian ceased.
2. The Family Code does not require parents to pay for adult children's education, and the court can force parents to help adult children only in exceptional circumstances, such as if they are seriously ill.

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Once I tried to collect alimony from my father in favor of the adult Elvira, who was a full-time student at a college on a commercial basis. We did not make the first mistake of the grandmother from the story above and filed a lawsuit from the daughter to the father. But the outcome of the case was the same: we went to the Supreme Court and received a decision to dismiss the claim due to the fact that the father is not obliged to help an adult daughter without a disability.

Until 2017, in such disputes, judges sometimes used the term from the law "On Labor Pensions in the Russian Federation" that full-time students up to 23 years of age are considered disabled, and collected alimony in their favor. Some of these decisions were even enforced, perhaps because of the unwillingness of parents to appeal against them and sue their own children.

For example, in Krasnodar in 2014, a father asked to be released from paying alimony in favor of his adult son, who is studying at the university. The father pointed out that his son did not have a disability and had a scholarship. But the justice of the peace, and then the district court, which considered the appeal, decided that the father should pay his son 1 minimum wage monthly until the age of 23 or until graduation. The judges considered that the father works and can find additional income, so he must help his son. nine0003

But in 2017, the Supreme Court explicitly clarified that full-time, able-bodied adults are not entitled to child support from their parents.

paragraph 38 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 26, 2017 No. 56PDF, 351 KB

If the amount of alimony is established by the current agreement , the court will not recover them. If the agreement is not fulfilled, first you need to send a claim to the one who promised to pay alimony. If you do not set a deadline for responding to a claim and it is not set by the agreement, you need to wait 30 days for a response. nine0003

Art. 101 SK RF

art. 452 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation

If this does not help, you can go to court at the same time for termination of the agreement and recovery of alimony. You can also ask that the agreement be declared invalid. For example, if it infringes on the rights of children and according to it, alimony is less than according to the law.

If the marriage was short, the other spouse behaved unworthily or became disabled due to his own fault - due to alcohol or chemical addiction or the commission of an intentional crime, the court will not collect alimony in favor of the spouse or former spouse. At the same time, even if the marriage was short, but the wife received a disability due to a difficult birth, this does not deprive her of the right to alimony. nine0003

Art. 92 RF IC

paragraph 10 of the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 26, 2017 No. 56PDF, 351 KB

refuses alimony in a fixed sum of money. In this case, alimony will be collected in a share, and not in a fixed amount.