whether it is possible to receive higher alimony than the national minimum / LR1 / / Latvijas Radio

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All parents have an obligation to care for and maintain their children, this is also determined by the Civil Law. However, at the moment when parents decide to divorce, it is the question of how much maintenance will be paid by the parent who does not live with the child or children that causes the most disputes, and then the court helps to decide them – or should the state take care of the child at least until he reaches adulthood to achieve. How to apply for alimony, if the other parent does not do it willingly, in which cases do you need to go to court and solve the issues that have arisen there, is it possible to receive higher alimony than the minimum set in the country? Do non-alimony defaulters have limited parental rights? In the family studio is discussed by the director of the maintenance fund guarantee fund Edgars Līcītissworn attorney League Shime and sworn bailiff Katrina Baltalksne.