Family Code.

The major principles of Family Legislation are: Family, maternity, paternity and childhood are under the safeguard and protection of the society and the state in the Republic of Armenia. The state guarantees the primary protection of children’s rights. The family legislation proceeds from the requirement of family strengthening, building of family relations on the basis of mutual love and respect, the mutual assistance and responsibility of all the family members, in admission of self-willed interference into the family’s issues, provision of free realization of family members’ rights, necessity of judicial protection of these rights. 2. Only the marriage registered in Civic Status Registration Department is recognized lawful. 3. Men and women enjoy equal rights at the moment of marriage conclusion, during the marriage and in case of marriage cancellation. 4. Legal regulation of family relations is realized in accordance with the principles of free will of a man’s and woman’s marital union, the equality of spouses’ rights in family, solution of family issues by mutual consent, taking care about mutual well-being, primary provision of the rights and best interests of minor and incapable family members. 5. Any restriction of citizens’ rights on the basis of social status, race, nationality, language or religion during marriage conclusion and in family relations is prohibited.
The legislation establishes the conditions and procedure of the marriage, marriage recognition or invalid, regulates personal non-property and property relations between family members: spouses, parents and children (adopters and adopted), and in cases and within the framework stipulated by family legislation, between other relatives and persons, as well as establishes the alternatives and procedure of family placement of children deprived of parental care. 1. Both of the spouses are free in choosing their job, occupation, profession and residence; 2. The spouses deal with the issues of maternity, paternity, rearing and education of a child, as well as other issues of family life proceeding from the principle of equality of spouses’ rights; 3. The spouses are obliged to build their relations on the basis of mutual assistance and respect, contribute to the firmness of the family, and take care about the well-being and development of their children.