Deprivation of Parental Rights
Orphans – persons under 18 years of age, whose parents are deceased, or one parent is deceased.
Children without parental care – children under 18 years, without the care of one or both parents, in the following cases:
- death of parents (orphans);
- long-term absence of parents;
- deprivation or limitation of parental rights;
- parents deemed missing or disabled (partially incapacitated);
- illness of parents;
- parents are serving time in institutions or detention facilities, deprived of their liberty, either on suspicion of or accused of committing a crime;
- parent’s savoidance of parenting or protection of children’ rights and interests, including parents’ refusal to take their children to and from educational and medical institutions, social protection, and other similar institutions;
- other cases of children without parental care, as specified by the law.
Disabled person – a person who has a health disorder with a disability, caused by illnesses, or injuries (wounds, trauma, concussions), resulting in limitations to daily life that require his/her social protection.
Disabled child – a person under 18 years of age, who has a health disorder with a disability, caused by illnesses or injuries (wounds, trauma, concussions), resulting in limitations to daily life that require his/her social protection.
Residential Institutions for children – children's homes, social and pedagogical institutions, boarding schools for orphans and children without parental care, auxiliary boarding schools, special general education boarding schools, specialised educational institutions, special medical-educational institutions, and other residential institutions for children
Deprivation of Parental Rights
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
Number of children whose parents are deprived of parental rights | 1 687 | 2 024 | 2 042 | 1 935 | 2 024 | 2 178 | 2 298 | 2 514 | 2 220 | 2 181 | 1 669 | 2 081 |
Number of satisfied claims for deprivation of parental rights | 1 446 | 1 710 | 1 910 | 1 817 | 1 841 | 1 749 | 2 107 | 2 202 | 1 829 | 1 636 | 1 240 | 1 481 |