are supposed to guarantee rights and protections for solo parents, but because of loose implementation, cannot counter the deprioritization of the welfare programs for solo parents or prevent their discrimination. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has admitted that “there are limitations in implementation and monitoring of the law.
Yet, in the moral panic that hounds the passage of the divorce law, a favored argument of those opposed to divorce is the need to protect the children. Which begs the question: which children are we talking about? And why are some children deserving of more rights than others? Illegitimate children are legally entitled to limited protections, but they are discriminated against since the law, as written, seems to give preference to legitimate children.