Annotation

In the summer of 2026, an initiative was announced to legislatively establish limits on alimony payments by parents for the benefit of minor children. The article expresses a position on the inappropriateness of introducing such restrictions, which may negatively impact the standard of living of children, and examines the historical aspect of establishing the amount of parental alimony in domestic family legislation — Payers of alimony in favor of minor children who are recipients of alimony, a proposal is made to direct this initiative to clarify the provisions of Article 83 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation, which is devoted to the collection of alimony from parents in favor of minor children in a fixed monetary amount.