Article 72. Rights of minor parents
Family code of the Republic of Uzbekistan · Date: 30.04.1998 · In force
Minor parents shall have the right to live together with their child and to participate in his/her upbringing.
Minor parents who are not married, shall have the right to exercise parental rights independently upon reaching the age of sixteen, if they have a child and if their maternity and (or) paternity is established. Until the minor parents reach the age of sixteen, a guardian may be appointed for the child, who will exercise his/her upbringing jointly with the child's minor parents. Disagreements arising between the child's guardian and the minor parents shall be resolved by the guardianship and trusteeship body.
Minor parents shall have the right to acknowledge and contest their paternity and maternity on general grounds.
