A new analytical publication, “Child Alimony: A Life Situation and Related Services,” has been released.

Child alimony directly affects the well-being and living standards of socially vulnerable groups, primarily minor children and single-parent households, most often mothers. According to statistics from the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the number of court orders for the recovery of alimony for minor children increased by 35.3% between 2021 and 2025, reaching 84,209 orders in 2025. In addition, 9,186 civil court judgments related to alimony were issued in 2025. This steady increase highlights both the scale of the issue and the need to further strengthen pre-trial and voluntary mechanisms for resolving alimony-related matters.

The study highlights that Uzbekistan’s current alimony realization process (the “As-Is” model) consists of several fragmented routes: voluntary agreements, court proceedings, and compulsory enforcement through the Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement (MIB). Because data exchange among courts, bailiffs, banks, employers, and social protection agencies is not yet fully integrated, much of the burden of coordinating the process and collecting the necessary documents falls on the alimony recipient.

The Analytical Report was developed in the framework of the EU-funded project “Further Improvement of Public Services Delivery in Uzbekistan”, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan.