Invalidity of a Transaction Part as a Result of Contestation of an Alimony Agreement in a Personal Bankruptcy Case

This paper examines minors' rights to maintenance, parents' alimony obligations and their right to a reasonable amount of alimony versus bankruptcy creditor rights to fulfilment of obligations by insolvent alimony payors. Based on the analysis of judicial practice, the article considers the issue of challenging the alimony agreement concluded by the debtor in the personal bankruptcy case. The author studies the legal positions of arbitration courts and the Russian Supreme Court cases where the interests of children take priority over the interests of bankruptcy creditors in the challenges of alimony agreements.