Responsabilidad de los padres en el apoyo a hijos menores

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que los padres son responsables de cuidar y apoyar a sus hijos menores. Si un padre no ayuda, el otro puede pedirle al juez que ordene que lo haga.

Es como cuando en un equipo de fútbol, todos tienen que pasar el balón y ayudar a anotar. Si un jugador no colabora, el equipo no gana y necesita que el entrenador lo regañe para que se ponga las pilas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana y Luis tuvieron un hijo llamado Pedro. Ana se encarga de todos los gastos de Pedro, pero Luis no le da dinero para ayudar. Ana puede ir al juez y pedir que Luis pague su parte de lo que ha gastado en Pedro, aunque no se hayan casado.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Purpose and intent of statute was to relieve father (now both spouses) of common-law liability to support minor child or children, and substitute therefor a liability by virtue of a court decree. Thomas v. Holt, 209 Ga. 133 , 70 S.E.2d 595 (1952); Booker v. Booker, 219 Ga. 358 , 133 S.E.2d 353 (1963); Clark v. Clark, 228 Ga. 838 , 188 S.E.2d 487 (1972). What are "necessaries" is question for determination of jury according to the circumstances and condition of life of the children. Madden v. Keith, 146 Ga. App. 13 , 245 S.E.2d 350 (1978). Necessary hospital and medical services and ordinary funeral expenses are "necessaries" for which the child's parent is liable, in the absence of any special contract by which those services are furnished on the account of another. Blue Ridge Park Nurseries v. Owen, 41 Ga. App. 98 , 152 S.E. 485 (1930). Measure of award for period prior to paternity adjudication. - When the court denied a request by the mother of a child for an award of back support from the father for those periods during the child's life, before paternity was established, when she had not been receiving public assistance benefits, the amount of the back support to which she was entitled was not to be measured by the father's ability to pay during the periods in question, but by the expenses actually incurred by the mother on the child's behalf. Weaver v. Chester, 195 Ga. App. 471 , 393 S.E.2d 715 (1990).