CHILD SUPPORT IN THE PHILIPPINES (MAGKANO ANG DAPAT NA SUSTENTO NG AMA SA ANAK?)

1. If women who are going to file and ask for support does not have the ability to pay for court fees, seeking help from the Public Attorney's Office is going to be your best bet. They can also go to Department of Justice and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. 2. A Protection Order is issued to protect the woman and her children from violence and economic abuse. In this case, custody will be given automatically to the woman with an entitlement of support. 3. The cases shall be filed in the Regional Trial Courts. They will also serve as Family Courts for hearing cases. 4. The support is applicable to both legitimate and illegitimate children. It includes clothing, education, transportation and food. The support will be in accordance with the capacity and resources of the father. 5. The woman parent will be the one to file the support of the child. If the child is below 7 years old, the custody will be given automatically to the mother. 6. Regardless of the marriage status, the father's support should be considered as compulsory. Support will be in monetary form if the children are in the mother's custody and children will be under the father's custody for survival. It is also important to note that support and child custody will depend on a case by case basis. For minor children, they are definitely entitled to parental support. CHILD SUPPORT IN THE PHILIPPINES TAGALOG Disclaimer: These videos are intended for purely academic and scholarly purposes and are not meant to serve as a substitute for proper legal advice. The author and any of his heirs, successors, or assigns, assume no liability nor responsibility for misuse or misunderstanding of the information contained in these videos.