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DSWD, PAO ink pact on free legal aid to solo parents
DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo (left) and PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta (right) (Photo courtesy of DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo Facebook page)
MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) signed a supplemental memorandum of agreement (MOA) to provide additional protection to solo parents and their children.
The pact signed on Monday was to expand the existing MOA on the provision of legal assistance extended to its qualified clients, the agency said in a statement Wednesday.
DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo and Chief Public Attorney Persida Rueda-Acosta signed the MOA to enforce the provision of free legal services to single parents and their children seeking financial support from the liable parents.
The partnership was sought by DSWD following the influx of requests for assistance from solo parents in relation to a lack of financial and child support from erring partners.
“The current administration has identified the need to provide and extend legal advice and assistance to victims of economic abuse, particularly those children and solo parents who need legal services to enforce financial and moral support from the concerned father and spouse,” Tulfo said.
PAO, meanwhile, committed to extending free legal services and representation to qualified and willing complainants in cases involving the enforcement of child support by establishing an office at the DSWD.
In 2013, the DSWD and PAO signed the original MOA with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines for the provision of legal assistance and other legal services to qualified beneficiaries, particularly victims of violence against women and children, children in conflict with the law, and local prospective adoptive parents who are biological parents or stepparents of the prospective adoptees in adoption cases.
Rene Rose Oriol
September 21, 2022 at 10:17 PM
Good job Senator Tulfo!Salamat po sa panukala ng batas na ito naway paipatupad po ito ng wasto at makinabang ang karapat dapat at higit na nangangailangan.Nararapat talaga na magkaroon na sapat na tulong ang mga solo parent. Dahil karamihan sa kanila ay biktima ng pag aabuso.May katuwang na sila at maasahan na tulong sa oras ng kagipitan.
Jasmin Da-ang
September 21, 2022 at 11:31 PM
Maraming salamat po sir Erwin Tulfo malaking tulong po iyan sa mga solo parents…naway mapaipatupad po ito ng wasto at makinabang ang karapat dapat at higit na nangangailangan.Nararapat lng po n magkaroon cla ng tulong lalo na po ngaun n napakamahal n po ng mga bilihin at may mga nag aaral pa..God bless po at mabuhay po kau😊
Teresa Belmin
September 22, 2022 at 9:33 AM
Sa pagtutulungan ng DSWD at PAO,sigurado maraming solo parent ang matutuwa at mabebenipisyohan ng nasabing free legal assistance.Malaking tulong ang nasabing programa para madali nilang mailapit sa mga awtoridad lalo sa tanggapan ng DSWD ang kanilang mga sumbong at makakuha ng nararapat na sostento ang kanilang mga anak mula sa kani kanilang mga Ama/Ina na di nila kasama na mayroon ng ibang pamilya.Hindi biro ang role na ginagampanan nila sa pagtaguyod nila ng mag isa sa kanilang mga anak para maibigay lang nila ang pangangailangan ng kanilang mga anak kaya Kudos sa lahat ng solo parent.
Genelyn Villafuerte
September 22, 2022 at 9:44 PM
As a single mom, it is beneficial and helpful to all of us. Thank you for giving attention to all single parent.
Veria Balatbat
September 23, 2022 at 12:38 AM
A wise decision and being a single mother is require you to multitask, to do it alone and to be strong. This may help and aid Filipino single mothers specially in income you cannot have it because your are being alone and left behind by your partner and with your son’s essential, how does you get a job with that.
Mary Joy Valdevieso
September 23, 2022 at 8:57 AM
I am very proud, happy and grateful on how active the DSWD is today. This memorandum of agreement will be a great help to those solo parents who are struggling and experiencing difficulties raising their children. Cause to be honest its really hard being a solo parent, I’ve seen how those people I know struggle everyday just to support all the needs in their home. So, Thank you to DSWD for implementing this, such a great help to our fellow citizen being a solo parents. Hats off!