12 September 2025
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At least 99 thousand orders for the recovery of alimony have been issued by Ukrainian courts over the past 5 years. Most of these orders were issued in 2021 - 27,251 orders. As of September 2025, 12,714 such orders were issued, including 948 in Odesa region.
This is reported by Opendatabot.
The number of court orders for the recovery of alimony in Ukraine is gradually decreasing. 99,909 such decisions were issued by courts from 2021 to August 2025. The largest number of such decisions was recorded in 2021 - 27,251 orders. However, in 2024, their number decreased by a quarter to 20,504.
12,714 orders were issued by Ukrainian courts in the first 8 months of 2025. This is 6% less than in the same period last year and 28% less than in 2021. More than 13% of them were issued in Dnipropetrovska oblast this year.
This year, the most frequent place where courts enforce child support orders is in Dnipropetrovska oblast: 1,654 decisions were made there, which is 13% of the total number in the country. This is followed by Odesa region with 948 orders (8%), Kharkiv region with 837 (7%), Kyiv region with 810 (6%), and Lviv region with 772 (6%). Together, these five regions account for almost 40% of all court orders in Ukraine this year.
It is worth noting that this refers to the number of orders issued, not to the number of executed orders and actual payments, i.e. only those cases where the court has already issued a document that can be submitted to the executive service.
It is easier to prepare an application for a court order than a full-fledged lawsuit, and this saves the recoverer's time and resources. However, the order cannot recover additional expenses for the child, only half of the subsistence minimum for the child or a share of the income, and in a limited amount. If the child needs additional expenses, then in such cases you will still have to file a lawsuit.
However, the main advantage of writ proceedings is their efficiency: the plaintiff quickly receives a court decision, which is also an enforcement document - the law provides for 5 days for this, during which it can be enforced. In contrast, a trial in an action proceeding can take from several weeks to several months.
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