marriage

The article notes that family law is an important component of the legal system of any state, as it regulates relations between family members, including issues of marriage, divorce, child custody, alimony and other aspects related to family relations. This work compares the family law of Ukraine and the United States, highlighting key differences and common features, as well as their impact on the practice of family relations. The article examines the foundations of family law in both countries, in particular the codes that regulate family relations.

Ukraine is a democratic state governed by the rule of law, that is, one whose legislation should maximally respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen. In any time, and especially as difficult as now, it is important to have effective functioning of all possible ways to protect and implement these fundamental rights. It is important in our time to observe the right to a fair trial. Yes, many cases are resolved in court, but recently cases about the distribution of property have become widespread.

In article considered questions on the specifics of the marriage contract. We analyze the definition of marriage contract. There are the signs of a marriage contract. It turns out the legal nature and place of the marriage contract among family law contracts. Defines marriage contract as family law agreement.

The article investigates sociological, legal, value and deontic approach to comprehension the content of phenomenons, concept of which denote of the terms “family” and “marriage”. From the position of these approaches traced the transformation of semantic content of categories that are considered in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

In the article there are characterized the main international standards of the human’s right on marriage and family. There is presented the modern Orthodox Church position according to this question. Also there is presented a comparison analysis of the Orthodox Church interpretation of the human’s right on marriage and family with international acts (standards).