According to the RA Family Code the parent living separately from a child has the right to communicate with the child, participate in his/her rearing, and solve the education issues of the child.
The parent, who the child lives with, should not restrict the communication of the child with the other parent, if this communication does not damage the physical and mental health of a child, his/her moral development.
The parents have the right to sign a written agreement on the realization of parental rights by the parent living separately from the child.
If the parents cannot come to an agreement, upon the requirement of both or one of them the dispute is solved by the court with the obligatory presence of the department of custody and guardianship.
In case of intended violation of the court’s verdict, upon the requirement of the parent living separately from the child the court can make a decision on granting him/her the child, proceeding from the interests of children and taking into consideration the opinion of a child above 10.
The parent living separately from a child has the right to get information about his/her child from rearing, medical, population social protection organizations, etc. The giving of information can only be rejected in case of the threat to the health and life of the child by the parent.
