Dad who couldn’t even report the birth of his son because he knew the name of his wife who left

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced on the 18th that it had improved the system so that children from unmarried households who have difficulties in notifying the birth as of the 15th can receive child allowance, childcare fees and family support allowance even before notification of birth. Da pixabay

The mother-in-law, a 28-year-old who is raising her one-year-old son without a wife, has received no child benefit or parental allowance for several months. It was because he was unable to report the birth of his son.

According to article 46 of the Family Relations Registration Act, a mother must report a person born out of wedlock. If the father’s name, the registration base and the resident registration number are not known in article 57 of the same Law, the father can report the birth after obtaining confirmation from the Family Court. However, if you know some of the biological mother’s personal information, it is difficult for the father to report the birth alone. Jang’s case is when his wife, who was very depressed after giving birth, suddenly left her family. Jang did not know the contact information or whereabouts of his wife, but because he knew the wife’s name, he did not obtain permission from the Family Court to report the birth of a single woman.

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced on the 18th that, to solve this gap, it has improved the system so that the children of single households who have difficulties in notifying the birth as of the 15th can receive child allowance, childcare fees child support and family support allowance even before birth notification.

Kim Mo (36), a single woman raising her two-year-old son alone this year, will also be able to receive child care fees for the nursery in the future thanks to the improved system of the Ministry of Welfare. Kim, who works at a local business, wanted to send her son to daycare during working hours, but was unable to receive child support because she was waiting for the court to confirm the birth report. Mr. Kim said: “I was very anxious and concerned in the process of waiting for the court to confirm how long it would take to report the birth of my child. I am happy that I can work without worrying because I can receive childcare fees and send them to the nursery even before the notification of the birth. ” .

The revision of the Family Relations Registration Act allowed single women to report birth alone from 2015 onwards. It is thanks to the so-called ‘Sarang Lee Beop’ that she started raising the problem with her father, Kim Ji-hwan, 43 years old. , who made a one-man protest asking for help to report the birth of his daughter ‘Sarang (pseudonym)’.

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced on the 18th that it had improved the system so that children from unmarried households who have difficulties in notifying the birth as of the 15th can receive child allowance, childcare fees and family support allowance even before notification of birth. Central photo

However, in reality, it was not easy for a single woman to obtain a child’s birth report. The court strictly interpreted the provisions of the law, “If the mother’s name, the registration base and the resident registration number are unknown.” In some cases, permits were not granted simply by knowing only one of the name, registration base, and resident registration number.

Also, if the child is a child out of wedlock, the unmarried woman needs the marriage relationship certificate from the child’s mother to prove that the child is not someone else’s.
Under current law, the mother is obliged to report the birth of a child. If a mother is born, the mother-child relationship can only be recognized by the fact that she was born, but the father needs a “recognition” process. Acknowledgment is a report that a child born out of wedlock is recognized as a child by the biological or biological mother.

Single mothers cannot report the birth alone if their biological mother loses contact after having a child or does not cooperate with the birth report. There are not few cases that even reach juvenile trials.

For this reason, organizations such as unmarried couples continued to file complaints with the government asking for these difficulties to be resolved. Although unmarried couples can file a birth report after confirmation by the Family Court, the process is complicated and it takes considerable time to confirm the royal court. Meanwhile, the child cannot receive various social benefits, such as the child allowance, the childcare fee and the family support allowance.

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced on the 18th that it had improved the system so that children from unmarried households who have difficulties in notifying the birth as of the 15th can receive child allowance, childcare fees and family support allowance even before birth notification. Yunhap news

Finally, even after the enactment of the ‘Love Lee Act’ in 2015, single women remained unable to be saved. Then, in June, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time recognizing the “right to register for the birth” of children in the blind spot of the Sarangi Law. Regarding the provisions of “When the name of the mother, the registration base and the resident registration number cannot be known,” the Supreme Court said: “Not only when the mother’s name is unknown, the number of resident registration and the registration base, all or part of the text “, as well as when the mother is unknown. In this case, it was judged that the mother did not cooperate with the presentation of the documents required for the notification of the birth without just cause.

Following the Supreme Court ruling, the government held a meeting of the Ministers of Social Relations in August and announced follow-up measures to improve support for the report of the birth of unmarried children and to improve the support system. From now on, even before the notification of the birth, single women can apply at the Eup Community Center, Myeon-dong at their residence with documents proving the procedure is ongoing, such as ▶ genetic test results with their children, ▶ judicial confirmation for the birth report.

The existing child and foster allowance can be applied after the birth notification is completed and can be received from the month to which the application date belongs. However, if you apply within 60 days of birth, you will receive retroactive payments from the month of your birth date.

Each local government decided to provide a social welfare computer administration number after confirming whether the actual child was raised, and paying the child allowance, childcare fees, and family support allowance from the month of the application date. However, if the child allowance and family support allowance are applied within 60 days after the birth of an unmarried child, retroactive support is provided from the month of the date of birth.

After the payment of child allowances, local governments plan to periodically check and inspect the progress of the birth notifications, including the court verification procedure and the parenting status, before the unmarried child is officially registered. An official from the Ministry of Health and Welfare said: “I hope that measures to protect the rights of single children and create an environment for healthy growth will contribute to improving the well-being of children.”

Reporter Lee Tae-yoon [email protected]