MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) can’t write to erring fathers reminding them to supply monetary assist to their kids or face corresponding “civil and prison penalties, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla stated.
Remulla issued the authorized opinion as a response to Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo’s letter looking for the DOJ’s place if they’ll legally write a letter to a named father on a baby’s beginning certificates.
The goal of the letter is to remind him of his obligation to supply monetary assist, and that reneging on his obligation has corresponding civil and prison penalties underneath Republic Act 9262 or th…
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