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Parental responsibilities (art. 18)

114. The Family Code stipulates the responsibility of parents to ensure the all round development of their children and to raise them in a spirit of patriotism and respect for their country. The mahallyas (associations of families living in the same area) conduct special meetings to discuss matters relating to the way families are raising their children. At these meetings parents are instructed in their obligation to provide for the health of their children, for their good conduct and for their schooling. Parents who are not giving sufficient attention to these matters receive public reprimands. In addition, the raising and maintenance of children is constantly monitored by the minors’ affairs commissions in the hokimiyats, which are entitled, in cases where parents have been insufficiently attentive or have failed to attend to their duties, to move for the deprivation of their parental rights, an act which entails specific legal consequences.

Separation from parents and family reunification (arts. 9 and 10)

115. The State ensures that children reside with their parents except in cases where the competent authorities, pursuant to a judicial decision, have determined in accordance with the legally prescribed procedures that it is in the child’s own best interests to be separated from his or her parents, namely, in cases where parents are maltreating or neglecting the child or where in the event of the separation of the parents, a decision must be taken, regarding the place of residence of the child.

116. Such issues as the separation of children from their parents, the consequences of the deprivation of parental rights, visitation rights, and the restoration of parental rights and the procedure for addressing these issues are governed by articles 83 94 of the Family Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
117. One or both parents may be deprived of their parental rights if they:
Refuse to perform their duties, including the obligation to pay alimony;
Refuse, without valid cause, to collect their child from maternity homes (wards) or any other medical establishment, child care establishment, social welfare institution or similar institution;
Misuse their parental rights and mistreat their children, including with the use of physical or mental violence;
Suffer from chronic alcoholism or drug addiction;
Have committed deliberate crimes against the life or health of their children or against the life or health of their spouse.
118. Deprivation of parental rights is ordered by the courts. Suits for the deprivation of parental rights may be brought by one of the parents (or persons acting in their stead) or the procurator and also by the authorities or institutions responsible for protecting the rights of minor children (care and guardianship authorities, minors’ affairs commissions, orphanages and children’s homes, and others).
119. Proceedings for the deprivation of parental rights are conducted in the presence of the procurator and the care and guardianship authorities. In conducting proceedings for the deprivation of parental rights the court shall decide on the award of alimony for the maintenance of the child against the parents (or the one parent) deprived of their parental rights.
120. If in the conduct of proceedings for the deprivation of parental rights the court should detect in the actions of the parents (or of one parent) evidence of criminal deeds, it shall be obliged to notify the procurator thereof.
121. The court is obliged, within three days of the entry into force of a court decision on the deprivation of parental rights, to transmit a transcript of this court decision to the civil registry office where the birth of the child was registered.
122. Parents deprived of their parental rights shall forfeit all rights contingent upon their kinship with the child in respect of which they have been deprived of parental rights, including the right to receive maintenance from the child and also the right to any privileges and benefits granted under law to citizens with children.
123. Deprivation of parental rights does not exempt the parents from the obligation to maintain their child.
124. The issue of the continued cohabitation of a child and the parents (or the one parent) deprived of their parental rights shall be resolved by the court in accordance with the procedure established by the housing legislation.
125. A child in respect of whom parents (or one parent) have been deprived of their parental rights shall retain title to housing or the rights to occupy housing and shall also retain property rights contingent upon kinship with the parents and with other relatives, including the right to receive inheritances, except where such child is adopted.
126. Where it is not possible to transfer the child to the other parent or where both parents have been deprived of their parental rights, the child shall be placed in care.
127. Where the parents (or one parent) have been deprived of their parental rights, adoption of the child shall not be permitted before the expiry of six months from the date of the court decision on the deprivation of the parental rights.

128. The alimony rights and obligations of parents and children and also of other relatives are comprehensively covered by articles 95 109 and 110 119 of the Family Code.

129. District and municipal courts in Uzbekistan consider and settle civil cases to determine the place of residence of children, the award of alimony, the deprivation of parental rights and other matters relating to the interests and rights of children.
130. The mahallyas make comprehensive efforts to promote the strengthening of families, working not only to ensure their integrity, but also the all round development of children. With the break up of families, there is a growing number of abandoned children and the mahallya places these children under the responsibility of the care and guardianship authorities who in turn place them in appropriate children’s facilities.