Overview

• The Juzgado de Familia, Niñez y Adolescencia N°4 denied a father’s request to stop paying child support to his 21-year-old daughter after her disability certificate expired.
• Judge Carolina Macarrein criticized the father’s lack of empathy and noted that one child has a disability and the other suffers from celiac disease.
• In an unprecedented measure, the judge ordered him to read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic and return to court on August 26 to explain the lessons he learned.
• Legal analysts point out that abandoning care duties can still lead to criminal charges under Article 106 of the Penal Code, carrying two to six years in prison.
• The case has raised national discussion over the use of pedagogical remedies in family law and parents’ shared responsibility for updating disability certificates.