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Rights of minors

Protection of the rights of underage childrenis carried out in a special order. In many cases, legislation gives special attention to their legal status. Why? First of all, because the representatives of this social group are the most vulnerable in a variety of ways. The state should do everything possible to ensure that the child is properly developed, and the negative impact on him was minimal. The basic rights of parents and children are prescribed in the Family Code. Some of them are contained in the Labor Code, various federal laws, and so on.

Rights of minors

Who is a minor? This is the one who has reached the age of fourteen, but has not yet reached the age of eighteen. Eighteen years is the age from which people in our country are recognized as adults. In other countries, adults can also be recognized from a different age (for example, from twenty-one years old).

Personal non-property rights of minorsare numerous. These include the right to life, as well as getting family education. It is extremely important, because it is the family that gives the maximum of morality, only in it the child can achieve maximum success in physical and intellectual development. Parents need to worry about what happens to the child. You can not have them apply any kind of violence to him. What happens if they violate this rule? You will be deprived of parental rights. This is possible only in court.

The child has every right to freely communicate withclose relatives and, of course, with their parents. This right, the minor will not lose even if his parents divorce. The child has the right to see any of the parents and in case they live in different states.

Every child has the right to protection. This refers to the protection of all rights and legitimate interests. Who does it do? First of all, parents. In certain situations, a legal representative (for example, a guardian), a guardianship authority, a public prosecutor may act as a defense counsel. Often, the rights of the child are restored through the courts. An emancipated teenager can protect his rights and obligations independently.

The rights of minors include the right to protection from abuse of power over them, which is carried out by the parents, as well as the persons who replace them.

The child has the right to express his own opinion. This concerns any issues that somehow affect his interests. In certain situations, he can speak in court, explaining his position on specific issues.

The child has the right to a surname, a patronymic, a name. These data are usually recorded in certain documents after birth.

There are also property rightsminors. First of all, we note that children can be provided not only by parents, but also by any other members of the family in which they are brought up. The pensions, alimony and other monetary payments due to the child go to the disposal of legal parents, guardians and so on, but they should be spent on the maintenance of the minor.

Juveniles have the right to freely dispose of their income, as well as donated or otherwise received property. However, we note that there are restrictions.

Those under the age of fourteen independently make small household transactions, dispose of income, choose materials for study and so on.

Children have the right to use family property. This does not apply to all of its types (for example, this right can not apply to a car).

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