Yunanda Rahma Putri

Children Abandoning Parents: What about Legal Sanctions?

Introduction

Children abandoning parents: what about legal sanctions?. Explore legal, social, and religious sanctions for adult children abandoning elderly parents. Examines care obligations, government support, and legal protection for neglected seniors in Semarang.

Abstract

Obligations of care to parents from adult children (alimony) is an obligation of every child that should not be overlooked. If obligations are not complete with good cause neglected elderly. Surely such neglect will result in the emergence of a sanction for the child. However, the presence of sanctions for the actions of his apathetic children has not been widely known by the community . The neglected elderly people will be accommodated by the government in unit pelayanan lanjut usia, the government should guarantee economic security. In addition to the welfare of neglected elderly there are other important things that the government should take note that the protection of the elderly from wrong actions and arbitrary. The results showed that alimony obligation towards the parents of a child in Unit Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia Wening Wardoyo Kabupaten Semarang has not met considering all the necessaries of life of beneficiaries has been borne by the government. For beneficiaries who still have children who are actually capable but abandoned that get into the unit should be subject to sanctions which can be a verdict asking the child to care for and maintain it self as a civil, ostracized, ridiculed and denounced by relatives in customary law and gets the barrier great to enter the gates of heaven in Islamic law, legal protection and welfare of beneficiaries in Unit Pelayanan Lanjut Usia Sosial Wening Wardoyo Kabupaten semarang have met with both proven by the various services and facilities received by the beneficiaries.

Review

This paper, titled "Children Abandoning Parents: What about Legal Sanctions?", addresses a critical and often overlooked societal issue concerning the neglect of elderly parents by their adult children. The abstract highlights the imperative for adult children to fulfill their "obligations of care," though it curiously terms this as "alimony." It questions the current lack of awareness regarding potential sanctions for such neglect. The study frames the problem against the backdrop of government intervention, where neglected elderly individuals are accommodated in facilities like the Unit Pelayanan Lanjut Usia, underscoring the government's role in ensuring their economic security and protection. This focus immediately sets the stage for an examination of shared responsibilities between family and state. The abstract presents several key findings and proposals stemming from an investigation within the Unit Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia Wening Wardoyo Kabupaten Semarang. Notably, it suggests that the "alimony obligation" of children towards parents in this specific unit is currently unmet, primarily because the government already covers the beneficiaries' needs. Consequently, for capable children who abandon parents into the unit, the paper advocates for a range of sanctions: civil verdicts requiring care (though the exact nature of this "care for and maintain it self as a civil" is somewhat ambiguous), social ostracization under customary law, and religious barriers in Islamic tradition. While acknowledging that legal protection and welfare at the studied unit are deemed satisfactory due to various services, a significant limitation is the abstract's complete omission of the methodology employed to arrive at these "results." Without insight into the research design, data collection, or analytical approach, the veracity and generalizability of these findings remain unclear. Despite the methodological transparency issue, the paper makes a valuable contribution by highlighting the multi-faceted nature of filial responsibility and the potential for diverse mechanisms (legal, social, and spiritual) to enforce it. The discussion surrounding the interplay between government provision and individual filial duty is particularly interesting, raising questions about whether state support fully absolves children of *all* their responsibilities, not just financial ones. Future research would greatly benefit from a clearly articulated methodology, a more precise and appropriate terminology for filial support (rather than "alimony"), and an expanded scope beyond a single facility to explore the broader implications and practical effectiveness of the proposed legal, customary, and religious sanctions across different contexts.

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