Selimi: Civil Code provides equal treatment of marriage mates in wealth issues

Justice Minister Selim Selim Selimi has spoken of the importance of the Civil Code. Speaking of specific points regarding the issue of marital wealth, he has said that this code provides equal treatment of marriage mates in all personal and property matters and has no discrimination. “With the Civil Code is no longer allowed to [...]
Justice Minister Selim Selim Selimi has spoken of the importance of the Civil Code. Speaking of specific points regarding the issue of marital wealth, he has said that this code provides equal treatment of marriage mates in all personal and property matters and has no discrimination.
“With the Civil Code is no longer allowed for the court to assess the husband's contribution in various ways as it was in the family law in power. In the event of divorce/currence, the court will share common property in equal 50/50 parts for both mates, if they do not have contracts before marriage or during marriage”, Selimi said.
Minister Selimi also explained that the Civil Code also provides contracts before marriage and during the marriage with which marriage mates can regulate property relations.
“contrata is not binding, but the possibility that your spouse” is provided, he added.
Selimi has attended a virtual forum today where the theme was “Civil code and doing business”. Dr. Kerstin Niethammer-Juergens, chief of the EU-funded Civil Code Project, Alfonso Lentze, Law Rule Policy Adviser from the EU Office in Kosovo, and Haxhi Gashi, chief expert on the Civil Code Project.
Speaking of the importance of the Civil Code, Minister Selimi said this Hill has come as a result of the Government's work and engagement, the Ministry of Justice, relief acts of all institutions, representatives of businesses, civil society and local and international representatives respectively.
The Civil Code is drafted by the Ministry of Justice, with the support of the European Union through a separate project that has been developed in two phases.
The Civil Code of the Republic of Kosovo will be structured in 5 books, which will be included: 1. Overall, 2. Obligations, 3. Property and other core rights, 4. Family and 5. The legacy.











