Enforcement Rules of the Public Assistance Act Article 4

The “single parent family” mentioned in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 3, Article 5 of the Act refers to a family where one parent alone raises a child aged less than 18 years old, who is unmarried and still studies in school, as well as one of the conditions as follows:1. Spouse died.2. Spouse is missing and is not found for more than six months after a report case is reported to police authorities.3. Divorce verdict is made by a law court or divorce is made by mediation or settlement in court.4. Because of domestic violence, divorce registration is completed after couple’s negotiation.5. Divorce is filed with the court in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1, Article 1052 of Civil Law.6. Spouse serves imprisonment for definite term of over one year or loses liberty for over one year because of punishment of security protection. The punishment of either the former or the latter is now being executed.7. Unmarried after divorced with the ex-spouse meeting to conditions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 or issued a full protection order due to domestic violence by the ex-spouse.An applicant needs to meet one of the above-mentioned conditions as well as he or she alone is raising a child aged between 18 to 25 years old who studies in a Taiwanese school, which follows Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 5-3 of the Act, or takes care of a physically or mentally disabled child who is incapable of helping himself or herself. The competent authorities under the jurisdiction of Central and Municipality Governments will make an investigation to see the family’s actual needs and financial ability and decide whether a single parent family has the specified situation.