Conflict of Laws Regulation of Family Relations with a Foreign Element

The article examines the prospects for the development of regulation of family relations with a foreign element by conflict of laws rules. Today, in the context of changing directions of global leadership, the aggravation of both economic and military confrontation, the deterioration of international relations, the division of states into hostile camps, a radical restructuring is needed in the sphere of regulating family relations, which people from different countries enter or have previously entered. The purpose of this study is to determine trends in the modern conflict regulation of family relations complicated by a foreign element. The author shows that the massive use of modern communication opportunities and movements around the world naturally leads to the establishment of transnational family relations, which, due to their properties, require special legal regulation. The author explores the basic approaches formed by the theory of law and practice in the regulation of family relations with a foreign element. The reasons why the conflict-of-laws regulation of family relations in the Russian Federation remains one of the most difficult and problematic for law enforcement are given. The author reveals the main problems of conflict-of-laws regulation of family relations in the Russian Federation, which hinder its effectiveness. Specific ways of solving these problems are proposed. Assumptions are made about the main directions of the future conflict regulation of family relations with a foreign element.