Family Code of the Philippines Quiz

The Family Code of the Philippines

• Support: The Family Code defines support as essential provisions for sustenance, dwelling, clothing, medical attention, education, and transportation, in keeping with the family's financial capacity.
• Education: Article 194 clarifies that support for education includes schooling or training for a profession, trade, or vocation, even beyond the age of majority.
• Transportation: Support for transportation encompasses expenses for travel to and from school or work.
• Support Obligations: Article 195 mandates that certain individuals are legally required to provide support to each other, including spouses, parents, children, brothers, sisters, and ascendants, based on the extent outlined in Article 194.
• Special Parental Authority: Article 218 grants special parental authority and responsibility to schools, administrators, teachers, or entities engaged in child care. This authority applies to all activities within or outside the school premises.
• Rights and Duties of Parents: Article 220 outlines the rights and duties of parents or those holding parental authority over their unemancipated children. These include providing love and affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding, moral and spiritual guidance, protection from bad company, and ensuring physical and mental health. They also have representation rights and the right to demand respect, obedience, and impose discipline.
• Substitute Parental Authority: Article 233 clarifies that individuals exercising substitute parental authority have the same authority over a child as the parents, including the responsibility to refrain from inflicting corporal punishment.
• Emancipation: Article 234 defines emancipation. It occurs at the age of 21 or through marriage or a recorded agreement in the Civil Register between a parent and a minor, and such emancipation is irrevocable and occurs at least 18 years old.

R.A No. 7610: Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act

• State Policy: The Philippine government is committed to protecting children from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation, and discrimination, with provisions for sanctions for these acts.
• Program Implementation: The law mandates a program for prevention and crisis intervention in abuse cases, focusing on child safety and development.
• Definition of Children: The law defines 'children' as individuals below 18 or those over 18 who cannot fully care for themselves due to disabilities or conditions.
• Child Abuse: The law defines 'child abuse' as maltreatment, whether habitual or not, of a child.
• Protection of Indigenous Children:
  • Education: The Department of Education, Culture, and Sports is tasked with developing a culture-specific alternative education system for indigenous children, relevant to their communities and needs.
  • Non-Formal Learning: The Department of Education, Culture, and Sports must accredit and support non-formal indigenous educational programs by NGOs operating in these communities.
  • Discrimination: Discrimination against indigenous children is prohibited, with penalties ranging from imprisonment to fines.
  • Participation: Indigenous communities will participate in planning, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation of government programs affecting their children.
  • Health and Nutrition: The delivery of basic social services, including health and nutrition for indigenous children, is prioritized by government agencies. Indigenous health practices are respected and recognized.
• Children in Situations of Armed Conflict:
  • Zones of Peace: Children are declared zones of peace, with policies to ensure their protection from harm during conflicts.
  • Recruitement: Children cannot be recruited into armed groups or participate in fighting, nor can they be used as guides, couriers, or spies.
  • Social Service Delivery: Essential social services, including education, primary health care, and emergency relief, must continue uninterrupted.
  • Safety of Service Providers: The safety of those providing services, including those involved in fact-finding, is protected.
  • Infrastructure Protection: Schools, hospitals, and rural health units must not be used for military purposes.
  • Family Reunification: Efforts are in place to facilitate the reunion of families separated due to armed conflict.