Tongyeong Law Office Assistance Case | A Client Charged With Violation of the Child Welfare Act, Non-Prosecution

The circumstances of the client who came to the Tongyeong law office to request help are as follows.

After breaking up with her boyfriend, the client learned that she was pregnant and, several months later, gave birth to a child.

However, at the time, the client did not have the financial means to raise the child, so she decided on adoption.

The client decided to have the child adopted by a couple she had come to know through the internet, and soon handed over the child.

Some time later, the client became greatly anxious upon learning that an investigation had begun on a charge of violating the Child Welfare Act.

The reason was that the client had handed over the child without filing a birth report and without going through the proper procedures, which had become a problem.

The client came to the Tongyeong law office to handle the case together with an attorney experienced in numerous 🔗violation of the Child Welfare Act cases.

The Child Welfare Act refers to a law whose purpose is to guarantee the welfare of children so that they may be born healthy and grow up happily and safely.

The client became implicated in charges of child abandonment and neglect by handing over a child without filing a birth registration and without going through the formal procedures.

If this crime is established, the person may be punished under the following provisions, so caution is advisable.

Articles 17 and 71 of the Child Welfare Act

In this way, violation of the Child Welfare Act is a serious crime that threatens the life and safety of children, and the courts punish it severely in order to protect children's rights.

In order to carry out the legal procedures for this charge promptly and accurately, it can be advantageous to receive the assistance of a specialist attorney with professional legal knowledge and experience.

The client selected and contacted the person who seemed most earnest among those wishing to receive the child and whose identity was certain.

The client met them several times and confirmed whether they were good people to whom the child could be entrusted with confidence.

The client handed over the child trusting that the couple would protect and raise the child well going forward.

Accordingly, it was emphasized that the client could not be regarded as having committed an act of abandonment by failing to protect and casting away the child.

An act of neglect toward a child is carried out by omission, and it refers to failing to take measures while knowing that the child needs protection, upbringing, treatment, and education.

However, the client engaged in protective conduct, such as having the child vaccinated after giving birth.

Therefore, we emphasized that there was no evidence to prove the client's act of neglect.

The case above was one in which the client, who was involved in a charge of violation of the Child Welfare Act, obtained a non-prosecution decision through the assistance of a Tongyeong attorney.

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