Prime Minister Andrej Plenković stated on Monday, in response to unofficial media claims that the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy has completed a new draft of the Family Law, that he expects political consultations to be conducted before public consultation, and that all solutions included will be appropriate and at the level of quality European practice.
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– As far as I know, after we withdrew the draft prepared by the Working Group from the electronic bulletin for public consultation, the minister was tasked with revising the text. Consultations are currently being conducted, and in accordance with the working methodology, I expect Minister Nada Murganić to, when this new working text is ready to go for public consultation again, conduct final political consultations beforehand, he said.
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– When I see the text, we will look at everything that is important and all solutions that will be included will be appropriate and at the level of quality European practice, the Prime Minister stated during his visit to Divulje.
The draft proposal of the Family Law was withdrawn from public consultation at the end of September, and Plenković says he reacted because the law needed to be refined after he saw that such an important law had gone to public discussion. He emphasized that this is not the responsibility of Minister Murganić as the procedure at the government level is such that texts from working groups go to preliminary public consultation.
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Jutarnji list published on Monday unofficial information that the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy has completed a new draft of the Family Law, which has been significantly amended compared to the withdrawn proposal, and that, among other things, the definition of family has been completely removed, that cohabiting partnerships are equated with marriages, and the obligation of mediation (conciliation) for spouses who have decided to divorce has been abolished.
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It is stated that the obligation of “parental information and counseling” has been introduced, as well as that the provision stating that parents have the right and freedom to independently decide on the education of children, in accordance with their own beliefs, has been removed.
