{"id":302281,"date":"2023-04-26T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=302281"},"modified":"2023-04-26T16:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:46:40","slug":"maintenance-of-children-act-passed-new-support-minimum-ordered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/maintenance-of-children-act-passed-new-support-minimum-ordered\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance of Children Act passed , new support minimum ordered"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_302282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302282\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302282\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blackmoore-file-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-302282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayburn Blackmoore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Maintenance of Children Act which seeks to improve the existing provisions relating to the obligations of parents to maintain their child\/children was passed in Parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A parent who may be taken to court is now ordered to pay a minimum of $75 weekly for child maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for National Security, Senator Rayburn Blackmoore who was speaking during the debate of the Maintenance of Children Bill said $75.00 is the lowest the court can go in assigning an order in so far as the maintenance of a child is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Speaker, you would know that over the years, more so now, we are seeing the rising inflation and the consequential impact on the cost of living,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd when we came to that minimum of $75.00 it wasn\u2019t done arbitrarily\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blackmoore continued, \u201cWhat we did was sent to the Ministry of Social Services, so therefore there was a certain element of scientific data that had to be correlated and assist in arriving at a reasonable minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated, for example, the syllabus of students is changing every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe syllabus changes every year, the number of books a child has to carry today to go to school and the cost or prices of those books Mr. Speaker are ridiculously high,\u201d Blackmoore remarked. \u201cSeventy-five dollars a week for a child&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said there may be situations where the parent might not be able to afford to do that, \u201cbut what the law does is to broaden the ability of the court to look at the circumstances of that parent in so far as your ability is to support that child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he pointed out that there are some people who may have money hidden and others who may have their pensions, \u201c And Section 12 in this Bill provides a specific facility which we call an attachment to that pension or any income that person may have to ensure that an order of the court as far as the maintenance of the child is concerned can be effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He commended the people involved in the process to ensure that we have a holistic Bill, \u201clooking at all the loopholes, the crevices and to close them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think this government and all the people who have been involved in the process thus far must be commended for that,\u201d Blackmoore stated. \u201cSo I call on all of us to pay attention to Section 25 of this Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Section 25 of the Bill provides the court with specific power and facility to prevent men from \u201ctaking off\u201d overseas to evade a court order in so far as child maintenance is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Blackmoore further explained that after this Bill is enacted and the court has effected an order for the parent to maintain a child, \u201cthe court can stop you and put you in the calaboose.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Maintenance of Children Act which seeks to improve the existing provisions relating to the obligations of parents to maintain their child\/children was passed in Parliament on Tuesday. 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