A petition, open for signatures since Tuesday, deplores a lack of equality between divorced parents who share custody of their children. “In a shared custody divorce, the child spends as much time with his father as with his mother,” the petition explains. But “taxes and family allowances are not adapted equally” and one parent is advantaged, according to the author of the petition, Mirco Di Lenardo.
“The costs being shared, why is the parent who does not receive the allowances taxed after three years as single and must also cover the costs of his or her children who spend half of the care with them?” asks the petitioner. For him, it is “inconceivable and incomprehensible” that certain mothers or fathers have an advantage over their former spouse.
Today, according to the website of the Fund for the Future of Children, the allowance is paid to one of the parents, who must agree on the issue. If they do not succeed, it is the Fund which decides who receives the allowance, “in the interest of the child, based on the information available to the Fund”.
This petition is one of 22 which have been open for signatures since Tuesday and until June 17. Those which obtain 4,500 initials will be the subject of a public debate in the Chamber. In the family register, for parents who do not have shared custody and look after their children alone, a text requires that single-parent families be entitled to twice as many days of leave for family reasons. This would, according to the petitioner, “address injustice” between traditional and single-parent families.
Among other texts, the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution is demanded. Another petition calls for a ban on slot machines in cafes and public places. One petitioner calls for an additional public holiday, Good Friday, just before Easter. But not just to rest and recharge your batteries during a long weekend. The author of the text wants to be able to go to mass as a family for this important day in Christianity. A public site disseminating death notices instead of newspapers is also called for.
