A Comparative Law Analysis of the Institution of a Foster Family in Russia, Western Europe and the USA

The article analyzes the institute of foster care. The authors are carrying out a comparative legal analysis of the establishment, regulation and functioning of the institute in question in Russia, the United States, England, France, Germany comparing their legislation, identifying the legal nature and essence of the patronage, analyzing the quality of interaction between state bodies and non-profit organizations as a single mechanism for the implementation of public policy in the field of foster care, providing the official statistics concerning the rate of growth/decline in the number of foster families in these countries. The analysis has resulted in determining the elements that affect the efficiency of fostering: the level of how well the issue is legally settled, the level of organization and accessibility to the population of the mechanism of patronage, awareness of citizens of the legal, social and psychological benefits of foster care in relation to other forms of guardianship (the paper scrutinizes the role and influence of non-profit organizations in the promotion and provision of various types of assistance in the field of foster care). It is concluded that in Russia patronage is not a popular and widespread form of guardianship.

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