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Montenegro (Crna Gora)

Jurisdiction code: ME · Legal system: civil-law
Language(s): sr

Montenegro is a Western Balkans civil-law unitary republic whose family-law framework operates under the Porodični zakon (Family Code) of 2007. Parental rights (roditeljska prava) are governed by Porodični zakon arts. 60-94; joint exercise during marriage is the statutory default. The Vrhovni sud Crne Gore (Supreme Court of Montenegro, Podgorica) is the apex court for civil and criminal matters; the Ustavni sud (Constitutional Court) operates separate constitutional-review and individual-constitutional-complaint jurisdiction. Psychology profession is regulated through Ministry of Health framework and the Crnogorska društvo psihologa (Montenegrin Psychological Association) peak-body ethics oversight. Montenegro is silent on 'parental alienation' as a statutory label; courts operate substantively under the najbolji interes djeteta (best-interests-of-the-child) standard. Council of Europe member; ECHR Strasbourg jurisprudence applies.

PA recognition status

  • Statutory: silent
  • Apex court position: no-apex-position
  • Professional regulator position: silent

Statutory framework

  • Porodični zakon 2007 arts. 60-94 — Family Code 2007 — Parental rights (2007) — https://www.sluzbenilist.me/
  • Federal statute on family law. Arts. 60-94 govern parental rights; joint exercise during marriage is the statutory default. Welfare standard codified.

Apex courts

Vrhovni sud Crne Gore (Supreme Court of Montenegro)

https://sudovi.me/vrhovni-sud/

Ustavni sud Crne Gore (Constitutional Court of Montenegro)

https://www.ustavnisudcg.co.me/

Professional regulators

Anonymisation convention

Montenegrin family-law decisions are anonymised per Vrhovni sud practice using initials.

Key developments

  • 2007 — Family Code enacted.

Structural findings

  • Montenegro sits structurally within the Western Balkans civil-law cluster alongside Serbia + Croatia + Slovenia + Albania + N. Macedonia — Family Code 2007 + welfare-standard family-court framework + Constitutional Court individual-complaint jurisdiction.
  • Psychology profession regulation operates through Ministry of Health framework + CDP peak-body ethics oversight.

See also

  • jurisdiction:serbia
  • jurisdiction:albania
  • jurisdiction:european-convention-on-human-rights
  • evidence:childrens-rights-paramountcy-doctrine

Sources

  1. Vrhovni sud Crne Gore — https://sudovi.me/vrhovni-sud/ (Vrhovni sud Crne Gore) [sr,en]
  2. Ustavni sud Crne Gore — https://www.ustavnisudcg.co.me/ (Ustavni sud) [sr,en]
  3. Službeni list Crne Gore — https://www.sluzbenilist.me/ (Official Gazette of Montenegro) [sr]

Editorial notes

  • Montenegro jurisdiction sidecar — Western Balkans civil-law framework. Porodični zakon 2007 + Constitutional Court individual-complaint + CDP peak-body psychology regulation.
  • PA-recognition: silent statutory + no-apex-position + silent regulator.
  • Joins Western Balkans civil-law cluster within the corpus.

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