On the Issue of Invalidity of Marriages (Marriage Unions) Registered on the Territory of the Russian Federation

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of legal regulation of relations related to the establishment of facts that impede the conclusion and registration of marriages in the territory of the Russian Federation. The author analyzes the specifics of establishing such circumstances as «the presence of another registered marriage», including that of foreign citizens, as «recognition of a person as incompetent due to a mental disorder by virtue of a court decision» and highlights the legal problems of fictitious marriages complicated by a foreign element. It is significant that the study is devoted to the problems of introducing centralized information resources—registries—into this area of legal regulation of social relations. The goals and objectives of the stated research topic are resolved in the context of clarifying the legal issues of the systemic interpretation of family law and legislation on the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion about the need for further improvement of the legislation determining the functioning of information resources—registries that allow promptly establishing facts that impede the conclusion of marriage or complicate its registration for purposes not related to the creation of a family.