108 Child Support Debt Defaulters Subject to Name Disclosure and Travel Ban Sanctions

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has decided on sanctions against 108 individuals who willfully failed to pay child support. These individuals will face sanctions such as public disclosure of their names, travel bans, and driver's license suspensions.

On the 16th, the Ministry announced that at the 30th Child Support Enforcement Deliberation Committee, 108 individuals subject to sanctions for non-payment of child support were determined. The sanctions include △public disclosure of 6 individuals △travel bans on 71 individuals △driver's license suspensions for 31 individuals.

Since the introduction of sanctions against child support defaulters in July 2021, the number of requests for sanctions has continued to increase. As a result of the Ministry's enforcement of sanctions, cases of full or partial payment of child support arrears have been on the rise.

Cases of full payment of child support include △public disclosure 2 individuals △travel bans 7 individuals △driver's license suspensions 17 individuals. There were also creditors who withdrew sanctions after securing promises from debtors to partially pay child support and continue payments in the future. Among those subjected to travel bans, 2 individuals were also publicly disclosed, and 5 individuals also had their driver's licenses suspended.

There were also creditors who withdrew sanctions after confirming the debtor's intention to partially fulfill child support obligations and continue to do so in the future. By case, these include △public disclosure 4 individuals △travel bans 7 individuals △driver's license suspensions 22 individuals.

Meanwhile, according to the "1st Basic Plan for Single-Parent Family Policy (2023?2027)" announced on the 10th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family plans to enhance access to child support enforcement services for single-parent families by providing child support enforcement counseling services and supporting visitation between non-custodial parents and minor children at family centers nationwide.

To assess the payment ability of child support debtors and shorten litigation periods, the Ministry will establish grounds for income and asset inquiries without the debtor's consent, and strengthen sanctions such as expanding driver's license suspension targets for non-custodial parents who willfully fail to pay child support, aiming to increase the rate of debt fulfillment.

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