Alimony and child custody

On March 1st 2019, Academy of Justice within the trainings provided for free professions upon the request of the Free Legal Aid Agency, with the support of UNDP is organizing training on the Alimony and child custody.

Purpose of this training was correct implementation of legal provisions that relate to alimony and the child custody, and establishment of best practices in provisions of the legal aid n marital-family disputes to the function of protecting the rights of children by officials of the free legal aid.

This training focused on issues such as parental responsibility principles, principles for setting alimony, financial retention and nutrition - alimony, trusting, child custody and care as well as contact, entrusting the child to one parent and assigning contact to another one, as well as the child's custody by the third person. Special attention was also paid to divorce and its impact on the child's personality by emphasizing the implementation of international standards and legislation in this regard.

Participants during this training had the opportunity to clarify their dilemmas and difficulties they face in practice of this area while providing free legal aid.

Beneficiaries of this training were officials of the Free Legal Aid Agency from all regional of Kosovo as well as representatives of NGO’s like CRPK, CLARD, NORMA and Active Women of Gjakova.