The interaction of morality and law as regulators of behavior of the parents in family relationships
The article examines the interaction of morality and law in family relations. This scientific research reveals the special importance of morality to create family-legal norms in the relations of parents and children. The author notes the relevance of the problems of implementation the responsibility for the upkeep of children by parents and examines its individual elements. The methodological basis of research were general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, logical method of research, as well as private-scientific methods as formal-legal, method of technical and legal analysis. The study results proved the conclusion about the necessity of strengthening of responsibility of parents in the sphere of material maintenance of children. The author proposes revising the priority of alimony as a fixed sum and criteria of its determination. She formulates some proposals for changing norms of family law on the procedure of changing the amount of alimony and of exemption from payment thereof.The research carried out has allowed showing mutual influence of norms of the right and norms of morals in relations of parents and children. The historical experience of the legal regulation of the relationship between parents and children, which contradicts the moral foundations, was analyzed. The educational function of law in the sphere of relations between parentsand children has been confirmed. Taking into account the conclusions about the importance of moral norms in the parental relationship, ways of improving the current family legislation were proposed.