Constitutional Court's annulment decision regarding poverty alimony published in the Official Gazette

The Constitutional Court's (AYM) decision regarding the annulment of the provision that allows for the request of indefinite poverty alimony following divorce has been published in the Official Gazette.

The decision paves the way for a new legal process regarding the "indefinite alimony" issue, which has been a subject of public debate for a long time. The timeline for when the annulment decision will take effect was also finalized with the text of the decision included in the Official Gazette.

Poverty alimony is applied as a type of alimony that the party who will fall into poverty due to divorce can request from the other party. With the AYM's annulment decision, it may come to the agenda for the legislative body to make a new regulation before the date the relevant provision ceases to be in effect.

With the decision coming into force, the legal framework to be established in alimony practice will become clear through potential future regulations and the practices of courts in the new period.

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