"Hurried mom who shaved her head"..."Urgent settlement of unpaid child support"

[Anchor]
The head of a civic group, who was fined for operating a personal disclosure site for non-payers of child support, chose labor instead of fines and even shaved his head.

Even if the lawsuit is filed, the system has been partially improved because there is no proper way to receive child support if there is no property in your name, but it seems urgent to supplement it.

Reporter Bae Minhyuk's report.

[Reporter]
From the first birthday until the child became an adult, the mother, who did not receive more than 100 million won in child support from her father, finally shaved her head.

The list of non-payers was released on the Internet to urge child support payments, and a fine of 800,000 won was recently confirmed by the Supreme Court.

Then, he chose to work at the detention center instead of a fine, and even shaved his head and appealed for countermeasures.

[Kang Min-seo / CEO of Child Care Expense Resolution Group: When you file a lawsuit, your child is left as it is because the gap between your feelings deepens. The state should pay for it and claim the right to indemnify it. I think it's up to the state.]

In a 2021 survey of single-parent families, more than 70% of them did not receive child support from their ex-spouse, so the situation is no different for other families.

After divorcing her husband 20 years ago, A, who raised her two children alone, also did not receive more than 300 million won in child support.

Each lawsuit that has been conducted several times so far has taken several years at most, and there was no way to forcibly receive child support because there was no property in his name even if he was ordered to do so.

[Mr. A: Nothing is going to work. no matter how much judgment there is But in the meantime, children grow up every day for 20 years.]

However, the revision of the Child Care Act was passed last month, and from July next year, the state will be able to first pay child support and inquire and forcibly collect property information without the consent of non-payers.

Although it has the advantage of being able to receive child support regularly until the child becomes an adult, the amount of support per child is only 200,000 won per month.

[Lee In-soo / Lawyer: If the country gets more budget or legislative support, wouldn't parents of single parents be able to raise their children more comfortably if they reach the minimum amount that the court thought?].]

Although the government is stepping up to establish a child support payment system, it is pointed out that more active measures are needed for families who are responsible for children alone.

I'm BAE MINHYUK of YTN.

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