Dejana Ponoš, in front of the "Parents" Association, said that the association will submit a request to the Parliament of Montenegro today to put the Law on Temporary Child Support into the procedure, Media Bureau reports.
"The association "Parents" has been dealing with the rights of parents in Montenegro for many years, as well as the interests of their children. One of the biggest problems faced by single-parent families is finances and their shortcomings. The Alimony Fund, the Law on Temporary Child Support came into force at the end of last year, and shortly after its application began, it was suspended, Ponoš told the Media Biro agency.
"The competent institutions said that they no longer want to apply the law until it is voted on again, so now we have a situation where payments are already four months late. The Assembly accepted the amendment of the Law, but the current President of the State has not yet signed it," she said.
As she said, the MPs adopted the law in April, but then President Milo Đukanović did not sign the decree, because he dissolved the Assembly in March.
"We are at the beginning again, hundreds of parents are waiting for a decision and payments from the Alimony Fund. The new law says that all previous decisions will be annulled, and that the process must be done from the beginning," Ponoš added.
She explained that, unfortunately, the most vulnerable categories of society are suffering due to political fights.
"We have a law that came into force, we have procedures and rules, but they are not applied. Today, we will send a Request to the Assembly that the adoption of the amendments to the Law should be in the parliamentary procedure as soon as possible, so that they can be adopted and implemented as soon as possible", she said.
The right to temporary maintenance, according to the Law, lasts until the debtor fully begins to fulfill the obligation determined by the judgment, and at the latest until the child reaches the age of 18.
Ponoš reminded that two years ago the law on crossing the border of children traveling with one parent was adopted, while the implementation of the law is awaited when issuing documents.
"Between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare, the responsibilities have not yet been determined, so that parents who have independent parental rights could take out the documents. That law applies only to tourist trips," Ponoš added.
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