Father has been exempted from paying child support so as not to perpetuate his idleness

However, the father disagreed and appealed the decision showing that his son had not looked for or obtained a job for a long time. For this reason, the Provincial Court of Pontevedra agreed with him and exempted him from paying the previously stipulated amount as this favors his idleness.

The young man dropped out of high school in 2017, assuring that he did not want to continue his studies and since then he has not graduated from compulsory secondary education. In addition, it was found that he had no intention of having a job since he had not even registered for Sepe, a program to help people find work.

“We considered that he had already had a long time to run his life. He himself said during the trial that he was not actively looking for work, ”explained Rocío Sío, the father’s lawyer, in a conversation with Nius.

The judge concluded that there was “an absolute lack of use and dedication to the son’s studies, as well as the absolute laziness and disinterest of the same person in the search for a profession, when there is no proof of the slightest obstacle or the slightest serious motivation which could, in the long term, justify his indolence ”.

The magistrates not only invoked other previous cases, but Article 152 of the Civil Code protected them. The latter declares the cessation of the obligation to provide food when “the need arises from a fault or non-compliance at work”.

The judges decided to release the father from the obligation “So as not to promote and perpetuate a situation of laziness or passivity” of his son who showed no interest in progressing.