Key problems of execution of the socially useful works as a type of the administrative penalties

Abstract

The article is focused on the problems of execution of the administrative penalties in the form of the socially useful works, which are introduced for the purpose of paying the alimony arrears. In particular, the problematic issues of responsibility (under the norms of the Administrative Offenses Code and the Criminal Code of Ukraine) of those persons, who evade such penalties, are considered.

Besides, the problematic aspects of the socially useful works introduction are considered and described. The circumstances that actually make it impossible to prosecute those persons, who evade the penalties, which have been imposed by courts, are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the issue of further execution of the courts’ decisions to impose the socially useful works by the persons, who had been previously convicted for the malicious evasion.

Taking into consideration the case study results, it has been established that the humanization of the criminal liability for the alimony evasion, the renunciation of the punitive nature of the control over the evasion of the alimony payments and the imposition of the property sanctions against debtors create more favorable environment for the process of  paying the alimony arrears.