A subcommittee of the Legislative Council will finalize an interim draft at the end of next month to review the system for raising children after parents have divorced.
Future discussions will focus on the treatment of "joint custody," in which both parents have custody after divorce.
On the 19th, a subcommittee of the Legislative Council presented a platform that included the treatment of custody after divorce in order to review the system for raising children after divorce.
Specifically, for the custody after divorce, a plan to select "joint custody" in which both parents have custody or the current "single custody" to be either one and a plan to maintain "single custody" are described together. I did.
In addition, a plan to establish a new "statutory child support system" that obliges to pay a certain amount of child support is stipulated because it is assumed that child support will not be paid if the parents are divorced without consultation. rice field.
However, regarding "joint custody", while there is an opinion that both parents should be responsible for raising children even after divorce, there are opinions requesting that the introduction be approved, but children who have escaped from abuse and DV = domestic violence, etc. There are also cautious opinions about the introduction, saying that there is a risk that single parents will not be protected.
The Ministry of Justice wants to submit a bill necessary for review to the ordinary session of the Diet next year at the earliest, and it is expected that the treatment of "joint custody" will be one of the focal points in future discussions of the subcommittee.