Medidas ante el incumplimiento de la obligación de alimentos a los menores en pandemia.

Abstract

The right of children and adolescents to child support is recognized in the Constitution and international treaties signed by Ecuador. The timely payment of child support is significant importance for the integral development of minors. However, the rates of non-compliance with this obligation have demonstrated a problem that has been part of our society for more than a decade. This situation was exacerbated by the health emergency caused by SARS-CoV-2, with its Covid-19 disease. The state of vulnerability of foodstuffs in the face of a global crisis highlighted the shortcomings of the measures applicable in the event of non-compliance. The measures applicable in the event of non-payment of alimony should be geared to the social reality, so it is essential to regulate the rights of children and adolescents. Justice operators must be more strict when imposing these measures and operate ex officio, since resorting a second time before the judge request the payment of alimony is generating an investment of resources which the representative of the alimentary does not count.