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Child support increase hearings need not include mandatory child interview or psychosocial report

Case Number ICCJ_232866
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral and ruled, in a preliminary ruling for the uniform interpretation of law, that in judicial proceedings seeking an increase in child support owed by a parent, neither hearing the child who has reached 10 years of age nor conducting a psychosocial investigation is mandatory. The decision, binding under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, interprets Articles 531(1), 264(1)-(2), and 499(4) of the Civil Code. This outcome, in favor of the referring court's position, clarifies that the procedural safeguards of child hearing and psychosocial assessment are not required in modification proceedings for support increases, as opposed to initial establishment cases.

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Art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Child support increase hearings need not include mandatory child interview or psychosocial report: The decision, binding under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, interprets Articles 531(1), 264(1)-(2), and 499(4) of the Civil Code. This outcome, in favor of the referring court's position, clarifies that the procedural safeguards of child hearing and psychosocial assessment are not required in modification proceedings for support increases, as opposed to initial establishment cases.

Keywords

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increase of child support hearing of a parent age of child conduct of proceedings judicial investigation judicial law

Cited Legislation

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Art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural provision cited in the dispositive making the interpretation binding.
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Decizia nr. 36/2026
Maintenance increase procedure: mandatory hearing of child or psychosocial investigation not required
Decizia nr. 2457/2004
Child support modification requiring concrete proof of changed income circumstances
Decizia nr. 2653/2004
Child support increase denied based on loss of employment and obligation to support two children
Decizia nr. 1371/2003
Judicial declaration of child abandonment: statutory requirement for social investigation and minor's hearing as mandatory conditions
Decizia nr. 2246/2004
Child support increase reduced to statutory cap due to concurrent maintenance obligations

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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Art. 531 alin. (1) raportat la art. 264 alin. (1) şi (2) şi la art. 499 alin. (4) din Codul civil

Main ground for the ruling: interpretation of these provisions in the context of requests to increase child support.

Art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

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Minuta deciziei nr. 36 Dosar nr. 718/1/2025

Ședința din 23 februarie 2026

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Brăila - Secţia I civilă în dosarul nr. 16.162/196/2023 pentru pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile.

În interpretarea art. 531 alin. (1) raportat la art. 264 alin. (1) şi (2) şi la art. 499 alin. (4) din Codul civil, stabileşte următoarele:

În procedurile judiciare având ca obiect cereri de majorare a pensiei de întreţinere datorate de părinte copilului nu este obligatorie nici ascultarea copilului care a împlinit vârsta de 10 ani, nici efectuarea anchetei psihosociale.

Obligatorie, conform art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 23 februarie 2026.