[Interview file] From suspension of license to ban on departure... How much will it help you with your child support problem?

1. Mr. A.

50s.

Divorce in 2010.

Raising high school student siblings.

Never received child support.

2. Mr. B.

30s.

Divorce in 2017.

In the middle of raising siblings in elementary school students.

1.6 million won in child support received so far.

3. Mr. C.

40s.

Divorce in 2016.

I am raising a middle school boy.

About 4 million won in child support expenses received so far.

Recently, a controversy over non-payment of child support has arose over Mr. Mo, who was a former national representative.

Although it has garnered more attention because of the various things that have been done with her, in fact, non-payment of child support is very common among single-parent families.

According to the Single-parent Family Survey (2018, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family), 15% said they regularly receive child support from their former spouse, and 73% said they never received it.

Compared to the 80% of the previous survey (2015), it is a good figure, but the fact that it is still very high remains unchanged.

The average monthly income was 2.19 million won, which was only 55% of the average of the entire household.

In fact, all three families I met during the interview process were living with support for living expenses.

It is not easy to distinguish the cost of raising children as if they were cut off.

It is natural that time and other hard-to-calculate efforts and expenses are required, as well as money, but unfortunately, a large number of non-caregivers regard child support as a living expense given to their former spouse.

Of course, even when conditions are really difficult and circumstances are difficult, the figure of 73% shows that the majority of those who intentionally avoid payment of child support.

There are many things you can do if you haven't received child support.

Property inquiry, direct payment order, mortgage order, performance order, seizure, collection, etc.

However, as the name suggests, they are all possible actions on the premise of a lawsuit.

A few years ago, a place called the Child Support Implementation Officer was established, and it provides counseling and litigation, but basically it takes a long time.

However, even if the contact information and address are changed, it usually takes several months to deliver the documents.

Even after receiving a fulfillment order, if you do not pay child support more than three times, you can request a detention order to be held in a detention center.

The process of getting there is also very difficult.

Park Bok-soon, director of the Korea Women's Policy Institute, said.

"There are cases where the judge makes it easier to go from a fulfillment order to an indemnity order, depending on who the judge is and what kind of convictions. If you pay part in the middle, you will hesitate to make a decision to indemnify because the non-custodial parent tries to do it. "

Even after going through this process, if you start not paying child support again, you have to file a lawsuit from the beginning.

Because of this, many caregivers choose to disclose their opponents' personal information to online sites such as Bad Fathers and Bad Parents.

There is a reality in which there is no choice but to choose private sanctions, but in the end, another controversy such as defamation is inevitable.

This is why voices of concern are raised despite stronger sanctions, such as suspension of driver's licenses for non-payers of child support from June, and banning departure and disclosure of personal information from July.

All of the newly introduced penalties are based on the order of imprisonment, so the tedious lawsuits before them are bound to be repeated.

This is the background of the demand for administrative sanctions in force in Australia and New Zealand (a collection of salaries is possible at the executive level) or a large payment system in which the state first pays child support and claims the debtor's right to remedy.

The payment system is also being implemented in Germany and France.

In the past, there was a voice in Korea as well, and a special law for the large payment of child support was raised again last month at the initiative of Rep. Park Hong-geun.

Although the child support bond is not currently given a separate position in priority, etc., there have been disagreements in the past as to whether the state too intervened in inter-individual affairs in the process of discussion, rather it could induce divorce.

In recent years, while the social responsibility of parenting has been emphasized, the introduction of the newly created parenting burden in the form of child allowances and parenting allowances has also negatively affected the discussion on the large payment system.

This part is expected to be an important issue in the future.

There are a variety of requirements and ideas, such as an opinion to simplify the proceedings from the litigation, an opinion that an active action should be taken in the execution of demeanor, and a bill to use the lottery fund for large payments.

With 7.6% of the total number of single-parent households, the view on the burden and responsibility for parenting continues to change.

It is time to see if more forward-looking discussions will take place in the new environment.