Child Support Enforcement Agency and Seoul City Expand Support for Children from Single-Parent Families

Business Agreement Signed... Litigation Support and More
"Ensuring Children Can Grow Up Without Discrimination"

The Child Support Enforcement Agency signed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to support children from single-parent families.

According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and other sources on August 27, the two organizations plan to establish a cooperative framework through this agreement and actively expand practical support.

The Child Support Enforcement Agency signed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 26th to support children from single-parent families. Child Support Enforcement Agency

In particular, they agreed to focus on mutual cooperation to support paternity claims and child support litigation for residents of single-parent family welfare facilities, as well as joint efforts to support single-parent families in general. They also plan to strengthen administrative and legal support to ensure that child support payments for children from single-parent families are secured more smoothly.

Jeon Ji-hyun, Director of the Child Support Enforcement Agency, stated, "This agreement goes beyond simply securing child support; it lays the foundation for children from single-parent families to grow up without discrimination." She added, "Through cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, we will continue to pursue on-site support and institutional improvements."

Kim Byung-min, Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, also emphasized, "Supporting single-parent families is a key task in strengthening the social safety net," and added, "With this agreement, Seoul will provide comprehensive support to ensure that children from single-parent families can grow up with bright and happy faces."

Since July, the Child Support Enforcement Agency has been implementing the "Advance Payment of Child Support" system, under which the government pays 200,000 won per month in child support to single-parent families raising children alone and then recovers the amount from the non-custodial debtor. This measure follows the passage of the amendment to the Act on the Enforcement and Support of Child Support in the National Assembly's plenary session last year. Civic groups and others expect that this system will help create a stable child-rearing environment for single-parent families and strengthen the child-rearing responsibilities of non-custodial parents.

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