Paternal responsibility in the Albanian judicial practice
| Author | Enkelejda Mecka |
| Position | Kolegji Universitar i Biznesit |
| Pages | 52-60 |
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, 2020
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Paterna
l
responsi
b
i
l
ity in t
h
e A
lb
anian
j
u
d
icia
l
practic
e
M
sc: Enkele
j
da Meck
a
K
olegji
U
niversitar i Biznesit
Abs
tr
ac
t
T
he
p
ur
p
ose o
f
this
p
a
p
er is to identi
fy
and anal
y
ze the
p
roblems that arise during
the exercise o
f
p
arental res
p
onsibilit
y
, seen in an inter
p
retation o
f
the legal norms that
r
egu
l
ate t
h
is institute an
d
l
oca
l
case
l
aw.
T
he
p
a
p
er aims to be mainl
y
p
ractical based on the legal
p
ractice o
f
the Court o
f
t
h
e Tirana Ju
d
icia
l
District
d
uring t
h
e
p
erio
d
s 2016-2019.
I
n a
dd
ition to
p
arenta
l
r
es
p
onsibilit
y
, this
p
a
p
er also brie
fl
y
addresses the
p
roblems o
f
children’s movement
abroad, as a new issue
f
or the courts o
f
our countr
y
.
P
arental res
p
onsibilit
y
is one o
f
the institutes o
f
f
amil
y
law, which is directl
y
related
to the highest interest o
f
the child and as such it has a wide sco
p
e and a
pp
ears several
times in t
h
e Fami
ly
Co
d
e. Parenting,
l
i
k
e an
y
ot
h
er
l
ega
l
re
l
ations
h
i
p
, creates rig
h
ts
and obligations
f
or the
p
arties.
A
lthough the main
p
rinci
p
le o
f
law in an
y
relationshi
p
that is created between the subjects o
f
law is the
p
rinci
p
le o
f
e
q
ualit
y
o
f
the
p
arties, in
this relationshi
p
(
p
arenting) we notice that the highest interest o
f
one
p
art
y
p
revails,
th
a
t
of
ch
i
ldr
e
n.
Ke
y
wor
d
s:
f
amil
y
code,
p
arental res
p
onsibilit
y
, court, movement o
f
children abroad,
i
n
s
t
i
t
u
t
e
.
1
. Parenta
l
responsi
b
i
l
it
y
P
arental res
p
onsibilit
y
includes the totalit
y
o
f
rights and duties that are intended
to ensure the emotional, social and material well-being o
f
the child, caring
f
or him,
m
aintaining
p
ersonal relationshi
p
s with him, and
p
roviding him with u
p
bringing,
e
ducation, education, legal re
p
resentation and administration o
f
his assets (Mandro,
2
009, 400
)
.
P
arenting, like an
y
other legal relationshi
p
, creates rights and obligations
f
or the
p
arties.
A
lthough the main
p
rinci
p
le o
f
law in an
y
relationshi
p
that is created between
the subjects o
f
law is the
p
rinci
p
le o
f
e
q
ualit
y
o
f
the
p
arties, in this relationshi
p
(
p
arenting) we notice that the highest interest o
f
one
p
art
y
p
revails, that o
f
children.
T
his
p
rinci
p
le in
f
act describes all the
p
rovisions o
f
the Famil
y
Code and
f
ull
y
c
om
p
lies with its s
p
irit. This means that all relations o
f
this kind will be conditioned
by
t
h
is
p
rinci
pl
e,
b
ecause it is
h
ig
h
er an
d
more
p
rimar
y
(Man
d
ro, 2009, 59).
A
ccording to the Famil
y
Code, the dut
y
to res
p
ect this
p
rinci
p
le rests with the
p
arents,
t
h
e com
p
etent aut
h
orities an
d
t
h
e court.
1
T
he rights and obligations that
p
arents have
f
or their children can be grou
p
ed into
two grou
p
s:
1
Artic
l
e 2 o
f
t
h
e Fami
l
y Co
d
e
.
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