The DOJ has thumbed down the plan of DSWD Secretary Erwin T. Tulfo to write erring fathers and compel them to provide financial support to their children under the pain of civil and criminal liabilities.
THE Department of Justice has thumbed down the plan of Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Secretary Erwin T. Tulfo to write erring fathers and compel them to provide financial support to their children under the pain of civil and criminal liabilities.
“After a careful study and consideration of your query, we note that the proposed act of the DSWD to write a letter to the fathers, presumably on behalf of the minor child/children, to remind them to give financial support, as ‘there are civil and criminal consequences under the law if financial support is not properly given,’ may be outside of the DSWD’s stated mandate, powers and functions under Executive Order No.
The DSWD chief noted that such failure on the part of the father is considered violation of the provisions of Republic Act 9262, also known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004. Instead, the DOJ said the DSWD might extend assistance to the minors who have been neglected by their erring fathers in seeking legal services in order to get the financial support, which they are entitled to under the law.
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