Gulidov, P.V. Local government bodies as bodies of guardianship and trusteeship: key problems and perspective of reform.

Abstract: P.V. Gulidov’s article contains complex analysis of the role of local government bodies in the sphere of guardianship and trusteeship from the times of the USSR to the current local government reform in the Russian Federation. The author studies the role of the local government bodies in social protection of the people, legal basis of activities of such bodies in the sphere of trusteeship and guardianship, including relevant provisions of the Family Code and the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, of housing legislation. The article also contains the study of problems related to delegation of state powers in this sphere to local government, as well as to some issues of regional legislation. Finally, the author offers his view on the ways to solve existing problems by amending Russian legislation.