Marginalization of Children from Divorced and Unwed Parents: Some Alimony Issues in 1960s Yugoslavia Cover Image

Marginalization of Children from Divorced and Unwed Parents: Some Alimony Issues in 1960s Yugoslavia
Marginalization of Children from Divorced and Unwed Parents: Some Alimony Issues in 1960s Yugoslavia

Author(s): Vera Gudac Dodić
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Family and social welfare, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: child support; divorce; children born out of wedlock; single mothers; court practices

Summary/Abstract: The Yugoslav state’s legislative actions throughout the early stages of socialism acknowledged parents’ equality in terms of rights and responsibility to children. This is argued throughout the article by presenting laws that explicitly control parent-child relationships, the status of children from divorced marriages and children born out of wedlock, and difficulties surrounding their maintenance. The paper covers the issues surrounding the legal right to alimony for children of divorced parents and children born out of wedlock in different regions of Yugoslavia across the 1960s.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 165-182
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English
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