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Single-Parent Family

Single-parent families can receive legal support.

Single-parent families can receive legal support.

Free legal aid service for child care payment

Single-parent families and grandparents-grandchildren families, including divorced families and familes living apart, raising children are entitled to legal aid services, such as legal counseling and litigation by proxy for claims of recognition and child support as well as support for DNA testing costs for filing a birth confirmation request (Subparagraphs 5 and 5-2 of Article 17 of 「Single-Parent Family Support Act」).

Classification	Types of aid
Child support suit	Legal counseling, document preparation, aid for reconciliation, litigation support services, etc. for child support payment, which are provided to single-parent families, including divorced families raising a child.
Claim to establish recognition ofpaternity for an unmarried father	Legal counseling, DNA testing, and litigation support for establishing recognition of paternity
Guarantee of child support payment	Legal aid services for guarantee of child support payments (filing an application for compulsory execution, fine imposition, implementation order, direct payment order, security provision order, or detention) in case where the other party (i.e., non-custodial parent) does not perform his/her obligation to make child support payments.

A single-parent family having applied for free legal aid services can receive financial aid to cover litigation costs and attorney fees (Subparagraph 8 of Article 7(2) of the Legal Aid Act).

※ Free legal aid services for child support payment is provided by the following agencies:

Korea Legal Aid Corporation (☎ 132, http://www.klac.or.kr),

Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations (☎1644-7077, http://www.lawhome.or.kr),

KBA Legal Aid Foundation (☎ 02-3476-6515, www.legalaid.or.kr)