The reality about food obligation

Abstract

This article presents the results of the research accomplished through the Post Graduate Studies in Pedagogy and University teaching at Universidad la Gran Colombia Armenia headquarters, with the purpose to evaluate the effectiveness of the article 130 of the Law 1098, given in 2006 in respect to the rating of the food share in relation to the 24 article same Law which determines the amount established for the purpose. Food share has become an important source of income for the families in Colombia, therefore, the Law generated one way to set the amount (make it real) ruling its rate and the procedure to make this quota an obligation providing an executive merit for its application; however, it is disturbing that some parents are providing ridiculous amounts for their children support not even covering 10% of their basic needs. The findings are that in some cases the quota does not reach the laughable amount of $10,000 every month. In the same way it is noticeable to find that the common of people understand as food share the amount of money provided by the father and that it should be enough for food, being this a clear deviation of the philosophy of the article 24 of the 1098 Law, given in 2006 which conceives the food share not only as the fact of providing food, but to provide as well education, health, recreation, clothing, housing among others. The present article demonstrates that the amounts paid, make the article 130 same Law in regard to the rating of the food share completely ineffective whenever the expression “to the amount…†can be interpreted as that the quota may range between 1% to 50% of the parent income as it is completely clear that the actual paid quota is only used for food and even though it´s not enough.