Civil Law of the Republic of Latvia
PART ONE Family Law .......................................................................................... 45
CHAPTER 1 Marriage .................................................................................................................... 47
SUB-CHAPTER 1 Betrothal (Sections 26-31) ............................................................................ 47
SUB-CHAPTER 2 Entering into Marriage and Termination of Marriage .................................. 48
I. Impediments to Entering into Marriage (Sections 32-39) ................................................... 48
II. Application for Entering into of Marriage. Publishment. (Sections 40-52) ...................... 49
III. Entering into of Marriage (Sections 53-58) ...................................................................... 51
IV. Annulment of Marriage (Sections 59-68) ......................................................................... 52
V. Dissolution of Marriage (Sections 69-78) .......................................................................... 53
VI. Consequences of Annulment and Dissolution of Marriage (Sections Sections 79-83) ... 54
SUB-CHAPTER 3 Personal Rights of Spouses (Sections 84-88) ............................................... 55
SUB-CHAPTER 4 Property Rights of Spouses ........................................................................... 56 I. Lawful Property Relations of the Spouses (Sections 89-110) ............................................. 56 II. Dowry (Sections 111-113) .................................................................................................. 60 III. Contractual Property Relations of Spouses ....................................................................... 60
1. General Provisions(Sections 114-116) .......................................................................... 60 2. Separate Ownership of all Property of the Spouses (Sections 117-123) ...................... 61 3. Joint Ownership of the Property of the Spouses (Sections 124-139) ........................... 62 4. Spousal Property Relation Registers (Sections 140-145) ............................................. 66
CHAPTER 2 Rights and Obligations, as Between Parents and Children ................................. 68 SUB-CHAPTER 1 Determination of Filiation
of Children Born of a marriage (Sections 146-152) ..................................................................... 68 SUB-CHAPTER 2 Determination of Filiation
of Children Born Outside of Marriage (Sections 153-161) .......................................................... 69 SUB-CHAPTER 3 Adoption (Sections 162-176) ........................................................................ 72 SUB-CHAPTER 4 Parental Authority ......................................................................................... 75
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I. Parental Authority in Personal Relations (Sections 177-189) ............................................. 75 II. Parental Authority over the Property of Children (Sections 190-197) .............................. 77 III. Termination and Restriction of Parental Authority (Sections 198-205) ........................... 78
CHAPTER 3 Kinship and Affinity (Sections 206-215) ................................................................. 81 CHAPTER 4 Guardianship and Trusteeship General Provisions (Sections 216-218) .............. 83
SUB-CHAPTER 1 Guardianship of Minors ................................................................................ 83 I. Minority (Sections 219-221) ................................................................................................ 83 II. Establishment of Guardianship (Sections 222-239) .......................................................... 84 III. Persons who may be Appointed as Guardians (Sections 240-244) .................................. 86 IV. Persons who have the Right to Refuse the Position of Guardian (Sections 245-251) ..... 87 V. Administration of Guardianship ......................................................................................... 89
1. Duties of a Guardian towards a Ward (Sections 252-259) ............................................ 89 2. The Guardian as the Representative of a Minor (Sections 260-268) ............................ 90 3. Administration of the Property of a Minor (Sections 269-299) .................................... 91 4. Accounting (Sections 300-302) ..................................................................................... 96 5. Compensation of Guardians for Expenses and Work (Sections 303-310) .................... 97
VI. Liability of the Guardian (Sections 311-315) ................................................................... 98 VII. Joint guardians and their reciprocal relations (Sections 316-329) .................................. 99 VIII. An Orphan's Court and its Relationship to Wards and Guardians (Sections 330-338) ..... 101 IX. Termination of Guardianship (Sections 339-354) .......................................................... 102
SUB-CHAPTER 2 Trusteeship of Adults .................................................................................. 105 I. General Provisions (Sections 355-356) ............................................................................. 105 II. Trusteeship of the Mentally Ill (Sections 357-364) ......................................................... 105 III. Trusteeship of Persons with Dissolute or Spendthrift Lifestyles (Sections 365-369) ..... 106 IV. Trusteeship for the Property of Absent or Missing Persons (Sections 370-381) ............ 107