Slovak Financial Law News 2005

Family Act

Act No. 36/2005 Coll., Act on Family and Amendment and Supplementation of Certain Acts

As indicated in the explanatory report, the aim of the new family law regulation has been predominantly to respond to the Convention of the Rights of the Child adopted in New York on 20 November 1989. This Convention came into effect in the Slovak Republic on 6 February 1991.

The new Family Act introduces changes mostly in regulation of the reasons for nullity and non-existence of marriage, parental rights and duties, new ways of regulating the relationship of a child, parent and other relatives, regulation of the child's property administration, educational procedures, forms of alternate care, introduction of guardianship. The Act newly regulates alimony contribution, determination and denial of fatherhood and adoption.

• Marriage
• Regulation of Duties with regard to a Minor after Divorce
• Parental Rights and Duties, Education of a Child
• Representation of the Minor
• Administration of the Minor's Property
• Alternate Care for the Minor
• Guardianship and Caretaking
• Alimony
• Determination of Parenthood
• Adoption
• Amendments of Related Regulations