Post-Mortem Reproduction: Contours of Family-Law Regulation in Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of family-law regulation of postmortem reproduction in Russia. It is shown that in the absence of special regulation, the Russian legal order is moving towards recognizing of certain legal consequences of postmortem reproduction, primarily in connection with the position of the Russian Constitutional Court and subsequent changes in pension legislation. A package of draft laws aimed at regulating the establishment of the child's origin is analyzed, and the conceptual problems of the proposed mechanisms are identified. The necessity of a systematic, step-by-step formation of a comprehensive model of regulation of postmortem reproduction is substantiated.