The State Duma proposed to increase the time limit for consideration of cases of violation of the rights of parenthood

Deputy of the State Duma (State Duma) Dmitry Kuznetsov sent to the government of the Russian Federation a draft law on amendments to Article 4.5 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, which proposes to increase the statute of limitations for bringing parents to administrative responsibility who maliciously violate court decisions on the procedure for communicating with a child from two months to one year.

We are talking about situations when one of the parents deliberately does not comply with a court decision that has entered into force.: hides the child, does not hand him over at the set time, disrupts meetings and prevents communication with the other parent in any way. Formally, administrative responsibility is provided for this under Article 5.35 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, but today it is almost impossible to bring the violator to justice: in two months it is rarely possible to fix a systematic violation, collect evidence, and go through all the necessary procedures.

"It is possible to raise fines indefinitely, but it is simply impossible to bring the parents of violators to justice within the period currently specified in the legislation," Kuznetsov said.

Dmitry Kuznetsov's initiative complements the recent bill by Nina Ostanina, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Fatherhood, Motherhood and Childhood, aimed at increasing fines for obstructing a child's communication with one of the parents. Kuznetsov emphasizes that he supports Ostanina's work and considers it important that the problem of parental alienation and mass fatherlessness is being raised at the federal level, but draws attention to the fact that without changing the statute of limitations, even the highest fines themselves will not work.

"It is good that the problem of mass alienation of parents as a result of divorce is already being realized. And, of course, I am grateful to Nina Alexandrovna [Ostanina] for introducing a bill to increase the fine for preventing a child from communicating with one of the parents. But fines will not solve the tragedy of mass fatherlessness. In support of her bill, I am sending my bill to the Government on extending the time limit for prosecution. Because at the moment, it is possible to raise fines indefinitely, but it is impossible for the period currently specified in the legislation to actually bring the parents of violators to justice. With my bill, what Nina Alexandrovna proposed will have a much greater effect," Kuznetsov said.

According to the MP, his initiative is part of a broader package of proposals currently being developed aimed at "restoring involved responsible fatherhood in Russia" based on successful international experience. He emphasizes that the main task is to ensure that children have the right to both parents, regardless of what happens between adults.

"In my deep conviction, serious systemic problems cannot be solved with fines and bans. It is necessary to change the Family Code and related legislation in such a way as to really ensure that our children have the right to communicate with their father and mother, and not just on paper," the deputy explained.

Kuznetsov's bill eliminates a key technical problem: today, cases of violations of the rights of a child and a second parent simply do not have time to reach the stage of responsibility due to the short two‑month statute of limitations. Increasing it to one year should make the existing sanctions workable and actually applicable, rather than declarative.

After receiving the Government's opinion, the bill will be submitted to the State Duma for consideration in accordance with the established procedure.

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