Determining jurisdiction of cases concerning the appointment of alimony payments for minor children

The article examines the options for choosing jurisdiction in cases of recovery of alimony for the maintenance of minor children based on the norms of the current Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and the Family Code of the Russian Federation. When studying the materials of law enforcement practice on the consideration and resolution of these cases, some gaps related to the determination of jurisdiction of interrelated and identical family law provisions of the legislation were highlighted. Two opposing positions of the legislator on the choice of jurisdiction in similar circumstances were considered. A conclusion was made about the need for a possible broad interpretation of alternative jurisdiction in the activities of courts of general jurisdiction.