Single-Parent Family Visitation Services Expanded to 14 Institutions Nationwide

Provision of Venues and Expert Connections by 14 Supporting Organizations

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Service support institutions that mediate or counsel visitation and negotiation between non-custodial parents and their children, as well as check negotiations, will be expanded nationwide.

On the 16th, the Korea Healthy Family Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that it will expand the single-parent family visitation service operated by the Child Support Enforcement Agency nationwide to strengthen the responsibilities of non-custodial parents and promote voluntary child support compliance.

In 2022, there are 14 visitation service support institutions nationwide, including the metropolitan area. Single-parent families can use the service more easily and conveniently. The 14 support institutions provide a safe physical space where minor children and non-custodial parents can meet, and immediate connection to experts is possible if needed.

The visitation service support institutions are ▲Gwangjin-gu Family Center, Dobong-gu Family Center, Dongdaemun-gu Family Center, Yeongdeungpo-gu Family Center, Yongsan-gu Family Center in Seoul ▲Ansan City Healthy Family Support Center in Gyeonggi ▲Bupyeong-gu Healthy Family Support Center in Incheon ▲Cheonan City Healthy Family Support Center, Daejeon Family Center, Cheongju Family Center in Chungcheong ▲Jeonju City Healthy Family Support Center in Jeolla ▲Daegu Buk-gu Family Center, Busan Healthy Family Support Center in Gyeongsang ▲Jeju City Family Center in Jeju.

Since 2017, the Child Support Enforcement Agency has provided services for non-custodial fathers or mothers and their children, including ▲visitation mediation ▲visitation counseling ▲visitation monitoring services. Visitation mediation is a service that coordinates time, place, and methods between parties, visitation counseling supports psychological counseling and parenting guidance for parents and children, and visitation monitoring services confirm continuous and voluntary visitation compliance and suggest improvements.

Kim Geum-ok, Director of the Korea Healthy Family Promotion Agency, said, "Reducing the pain children experience after divorce and helping them grow up healthily requires not only child support but also stable visitation with non-custodial parents. We will continue to expand visitation services so that children can meet their parents safely and happily."

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