CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL UNDERSTANDING INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY
Institution of the family one of the most important social institutes of modern society. The understanding of constitutional legal status of family and the constitutional legal personality of participants of family legal relationship is one of important components for creation of effective family policy. At the same time today, there is no complex understanding of the institution of the family from the point of view of constitutional right, and branch definitions of family substantially differ. Such state is resulted in ambiguous understanding of the rights and duties of participant’s family legal relationship. In article are analyzed the concept «family» from the point of view of constitutional and legal understanding. The concepts «marriage» and «de facto marriage relations» are considered. The author analyses the bill no. 368962-7 «On introduction of amendments to the Family code of the Russian Federation».