Family law in an era of change: an analysis of modern lawmaking

Introduction. The protection of children’s rights remains an urgent issue for the development of any state. To date, cases of abuse of their rights by parents are common, whereupon the state, performing a protective role, resorts to the institution of the removal of a child from parental custody by guardianship authorities. By virtue of the provisions on state protection of the family, motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation, represented by legislative and executive bodies, bears a special responsibility in family legal relations, in particular the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of children. In this regard, the authors set a goal: to give an appraisal of the draft of the new Family Code, developed by the State Duma Committee on family, women, and children, from the point of view of the expediency and legality of the proposed changes in the realities of society’s development.