Senate Ratifies Protocol to Simplify Alimony Collection Abroad

The Senate ratified the Protocol amending the Convention on Legal Assistance in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters of 1993. The document expands the possibilities for enforcing decisions between countries, Orda.kz reports.

Now the Convention applies not only to court decisions, but also to court orders. This will allow for more effective alimony collection and strengthen the protection of children's rights. The protocol also expands the list of decisions that can be enforced on the territory of other states, including court orders.

In addition, the document clarifies the procedure for filing petitions – it now also applies to court orders. At the same time, the list of documents to be attached has been expanded.

The protocol also sets out additional grounds for refusal of enforcement. For example, if the debtor has not received a court order or a copy of it according to the rules of the country where it was issued, enforcement may be refused.

Deputy Minister of Justice Daniyal Baisov provided data on alimony debts involving other countries.

Today there are 106 enforcement proceedings, with debts totaling about 47 million tenge. There are 73 enforcement documents from Russia amounting to 32 million tenge, 24 documents from Uzbekistan amounting to 1.9 million tenge, two enforcement documents from Ukraine, and one each from Azerbaijan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. he said. 

The changes are aimed at simplifying procedures and improving the effectiveness of legal assistance between countries.

Original author: Alina Elgeldina

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