What documents must be provided to collect alimony?

The list of documents directly depends on whether you were (or are) married, what amount of payment you want to receive and what justification you are ready to present during the proceedings.

In any case, you will need:

• a copy of your passport and identification code;

• birth certificates;

• certificate of family composition;

• certificate of income of the defendant - if he does not provide it to you, then he is obliged to provide this document to the court;

• a certificate from the place of study, if alimony is charged to an adult student.

If you are registered and legally married, you must provide a marriage certificate, if the union was terminated - a divorce certificate.

Other documents confirming the amount of expenses may be required - for example, receipts for payment of treatment, sports sections, necessary inventory and equipment. If the father is not entered in the birth certificate, then it will not be possible to collect alimony from him even in court. But you can file a lawsuit and initiate the procedure to establish paternity.

You submit a claim for alimony collection with the necessary list of documents to the court of first instance at your place of residence or at the place of residence of the defendant.