The problem of family and legal consequences of reassignment in the context of marital and parental relationship

Introduction: currently, the problem of ensuring the rights of sex changeers is being actively discussed at the international and national levels. Also important is the balance between the personal interests of citizens in need of changing their gender and public interests, including their family members. Therefore, the authors of a civilistic work set the goal of studying the effects of changing gender on family relationships, identifying related problems and suggest ways to solve them. Methods: the methodological basis of this study is a set of methods of scientific knowledge, among which the main methods are systematic, analysis and comparative law. Results: the author’s position grounded in his work is based on the legislation and the opinions of the competent scientific community on the issue of resolving problems arising in family legal relations when one of the participants changes sex. Based on a legal analysis of the norms of Russian and international law, questions are raised about the possibility of preserving marital and family relations when one of the spouses changes sex, and to ensure the protection of the rights of children. Conclusions: as a result of the study, it was established that the current legislation has a number of collisions and gaps that need to be resolved as soon as possible.