From the courtroom

June 11, 2020

The behavior of parents with minor children that does not meet legal and moral requirements is not always irreversible. There are situations where parents deprived of parental rights have "come to their senses" and decided to restore their parental care. Moreover, the feeling of attachment to a child and "blood ties" sometimes wins out, and the desire to be near them and care for them motivates them to embark on the path of correction.

For example, in February 2019, spouses P. applied to the court of Gluboksky district with a statement on restoration of parental rights, explaining that in 2016 they were deprived of parental rights in respect of their son due to alcohol abuse.

Previously, both spouses led a dissolute lifestyle, regularly consumed alcohol, and did not care for their son's upbringing, his moral and material well-being. They were only interested in alcohol, and their son was left to himself.

Subsequently, spouses P. stopped drinking alcohol and arranged acceptable living conditions in their home. They established contact with their son, who was being raised in a foster family but desperately wanted to return home and live with his loved ones.

By court decision, spouses P. were restored in their parental rights in respect of their son, and he will now be returned to his biological family.

This category of cases is considered with the mandatory participation of a prosecutor, who takes an active stance in the proceedings and participates in the comprehensive and full examination of the evidence presented to the court. In addition, the prosecutor provides an opinion on the civil case, in which he expresses his opinion based on the law and personal conviction.

For reference. In accordance with Art. 84 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Marriage and Family, restoration of parental rights is permitted if it is in the interests of the children and the children have not been adopted. Restoration of parental rights is carried out only by court decision.

in the order of the claim of a person deprived of parental rights.

Assistant Prosecutor

of Glubokoe District Anna Kurilenok