Pertinencia de la inclusión de la pensión alimenticia en el Código Orgánico de la Niñez y Adolescencia.

Abstract

The general objective of this research is to analyze the relevance of incorporating the concept of accountability for child support payments into Ecuador's Organic Code for Children and Adolescents. While Ecuadorian law recognizes the importance of child support as an essential right of all children and adolescents, guaranteeing their comprehensive development in accordance with the constitutional principle of the best interests of the child, a regulatory gap exists in the procedural sphere regarding the oversight of the administration of the funds provided to the paying parent. The research results demonstrate that the parent with custody of the child or adolescent administers the support payments without a legal obligation to account for their expenditures, a situation that generates distrust and, in many cases, unnecessary litigation. This situation occurs primarily in cases of contentious separation or when the parent administering the support has other children under their care. The research concludes that a specific procedure for accounting for child support payments should be proposed, not to benefit the paying parent, but to strengthen the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents by ensuring transparent management of child support resources.