MARRIAGE AND FAMILY AS BASIC CONCEPTS OF FAMILY LAW IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article declares the necessity for legal definition of notions "marriage" and "family" in Russian legislation. The authors believe that these categories should be governed by the Family Code of the Russian Federation (RF). Legislator confined itself to general provisions of its chapters 3-5 and did not reflect directly the legal nature of marriage. Only Art. 12 of the Family Code defines the conditions of marriage conclusion, on the basis of which it is possible to characterize, but not to define marriage. The term "family" is also insufficiently regulated in Russian law. On the one hand, its definition is seen in the Federal Law (FL) "On the minimum subsistence level in the Russian Federation." On the other hand, this normative act is not a source of family law. Family and legal relations are governed by family law and not by labor and social security legislation. In addition, the definition of "family" is necessary for the judicial practice improvement, in particular, for the successful resolution of disputes concerning annulment of fictitious marriage. Without such definition, the courts may have difficulties in making decisions.