Soldiers to choose beneficiaries for captivity payments – new law details

Source: Volodymyr Zelensky

On November 19,  Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed law No. 11407, granting military personnel the right to decide who will receive financial payments if they go missing or are captured.

According to the policy, if a service member does not draft a personal directive, the payments will be distributed equally and in order of priority with their spouse topping the the list, followed by legal guardians of minor children or individuals with disabilities from childhood, and then the parents of the service member.

The law though excludes payments to children, parents, or other dependents receiving alimony from the service member. It also bars payments to parents who have been stripped of parental rights unless a court has restored those rights.