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Parents who abused, abandoned children will not be able to seek maintenance under changes to law
Channel News Asia ^ | 04 Jul 2023 | Ang Hwee Min, Koh Wan Ting

Posted on 07/04/2023 5:00:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Parents who abused, abandoned or neglected their children will not be able to seek monetary support from them under amendments to an Act passed on Tuesday (Jul 4).

In his opening speech, Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng (People's Action Party-Marine Parade) said the Maintenance of Parents Act is not intended to legislate or enforce filial piety, but to ensure children provide for needy elderly parents at a basic minimum level.

“It respects the duty of an adult to his parents, and requires that each of us carry this duty, rather than pass it onto our fellow men, in requiring that the state provides this private care,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


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This is Singapore, could they ever do this in the U.S.?
1 posted on 07/04/2023 5:00:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Its done already.

Social Security

Thousands of welfare programs

Health Insurance


2 posted on 07/04/2023 5:11:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

And yet one of the worst forms of child abuse continues to go unpunished: parental alienation.


3 posted on 07/04/2023 5:40:01 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU
And yet one of the worst forms of child abuse continues to go unpunished: parental alienation.

And yet one of the worst forms of child abuse continues to go unpunished:
ABORTION

4 posted on 07/04/2023 8:26:22 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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