Issues of the Development of Russian Laws on De Facto Marital Relations

This article is devoted to the analysis of the draft Federal Law No. 539969-8 submitted to the State Duma on January 30, 2024 ‘On Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On the Enactment of Part One of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation’, which provides for equating, under certain conditions, actual marital relations with a registered marriage. The conditions, procedure and individual issues arising in this regard in the civil and family relations of ‘de facto spouses’ are considered in this article.