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- The State shall provide such support to enable parents to raise their minors in the optimum circumstances (Article 4(1) of the Act on Enforcing and Supporting Child Support Payment).

- The State or local governments shall establish and operate an organization exclusively for supporting the enforcement of payment of child support to the custodial parents and establishing policies for administrative and financial support necessary therefor (Article 4(2) of the Act on Enforcing and Supporting Child Support Payment).

- The Child Support Agency is an institution established under the Korean Institute for Healthy Family that was incorporated according to the Framework Act on Healthy Families to perform duties relating to claims for minor children’s child support and support for payment enforcement, etc. (Article 7(1) of the Act on Enforcing and Supporting Child Support Payment)

- The Child Support Agency supports custodial parents (child support creditors) in their application to receive child support payments from noncustodial parents. The custodial parent, rather than visit payment institutions of the necessary services at each stage of the process for support, shall receive tailored and comprehensive support, including consultation between the parties, child support litigation, collection, and sanctions in the event of failure to perform with just one application to the Child Support Agency (see Child Support Agency website – Support for Enforcement of Child Support Payment - What Is Support for Enforcement of Child Support Payment?).

- The Child Support Agency performs the following duties (Article 7(2) of the Act on Enforcing and Supporting Child Support Payment).