Challenging a Child Support Agreement by the Prosecutor: Myth or Reality?
https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2026.183.2.058-072
Abstract
The paper examines the exercise by prosecutors of their authority to challenge in court child support agreements concerning minor children on the ground that the terms governing the provision of maintenance substantially violate the best interests of the minor. The paper examines the content and peculiarities of the special basis for the recognition by the court of an alimony agreement as invalid, the tasks and status of the prosecutor filing a motion to the court with a demand to invalidate the agreement in the public interest. The paper elucidates, for example, that a prosecutor considers sources of information about the violation of the rights of minors by the terms of alimony agreements. The author analyzes the judicial practice of considering cases of challenging agreements on the payment of alimony on a special basis on claims of legal representatives of minors. The paper concludes on the need for a comprehensive analysis of the practice of law enforcement in terms of observing the interests of minors when concluding alimony agreements, the adoption by prosecutors of other measures to ensure the rights of children to maintenance, as well as on changes in legislation.
About the Author
E. N. Pobedonostseva
Main Directorate for Supervision over the Execution of Federal Legislation
of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgenia N. Pobedonostseva, State Counsellor of Justice, Class 3, retired from the position of Deputy Head, Head of the Directorate
Directorate for Supervision over the Observance of the Rights, Freedoms, and Legitimate Interests of Minors
Moscow
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Pobedonostseva E.N. Challenging a Child Support Agreement by the Prosecutor: Myth or Reality? Actual Problems of Russian Law. 2026;21(2):58-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2026.183.2.058-072
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