Act of Assistance for Family in Hardship Article 4
“Family in hardship” as referred to in this Act is the family of which the income divided by the number of family member is less 2.5 times of minimum living expenses per person per month announced by government the current year, less 1.5 times of expenditure per person per month in Taiwan and family property less than a certain amount published by the central competent authority. Besides the family is under one of the follow situations:1. Below 65 years old with a spouse deceased or missing and undiscovered after 6 months of search by the police authority.2. Abandoned with malice of abuse by a spouse as well as divorced by judicial decree or completion of voluntary divorce.3. Victim of family violence.4. The unmarried woman is pregnant; the pregnancy is within three months and two months after accouchement.5. Single parent raising any child under 18 years old due to divorce, loss of spouse, childbirth out of wedlock or grandparent raising any grandchild under 18 years old due to inability of the parent, without working ability or with working ability but unable to work due to serious injury, illness or caretaking of any child or grandchild under 6 years old.6. The spouse is serving a prison sentence of more than one year or is under a custodial security measure restricting personal freedom for more than one year, and the sentence or measure is currently being enforced.7. Other living and economic difficulty due to serious incident during the past three months other than due to personal liability, indebtedness or voluntary unemployment, as determined by municipal, county or city government.The status of such family under the previous paragraph shall be identified every year for the purpose of applying for a children’s living allowance, children’s educational allowance and childcare allowance.Assistance received by applicant in accordance with this Act for the applicant’s grandchild shall be limited to the grandchild under 18 years old who cannot be supported by the parent in accordance with Subparagraph 5, Paragraph 1.“Parent’s inability to support the child” referred to under Subparagraph 5, Paragraph 1 means both parents are unable to support the child due to death, involuntary employment without unemployment benefit, serious injury or illness, imprisonment or disappearance.
中文原文 特殊境遇家庭扶助條例第4條
本條例所稱特殊境遇家庭，指申請人其家庭總收入按全家人口平均分配，每人每月未超過政府當年公布最低生活費二點五倍及臺灣地區平均每人每月消費支出一點五倍，且家庭財產未超過中央主管機關公告之一定金額，並具有下列情形之一者：
一、六十五歲以下，其配偶死亡，或失蹤經向警察機關報案協尋未獲達六個月以上。
二、因配偶惡意遺棄或受配偶不堪同居之虐待，經判決離婚確定或已完成協議離婚登記。
三、家庭暴力受害。
四、未婚懷孕婦女，懷胎三個月以上至分娩二個月內。
五、因離婚、喪偶、未婚生子獨自扶養十八歲以下子女或祖父母扶養十八歲以下父母無力扶養之孫子女，其無工作能力，或雖有工作能力，因遭遇重大傷病或照顧六歲以下子女或孫子女致不能工作。
六、配偶處一年以上之徒刑或受拘束人身自由之保安處分一年以上，且在執行中。
七、其他經直轄市、縣市政府評估因三個月內生活發生重大變故導致生活、經濟困難者，且其重大變故非因個人責任、債務、非因自願性失業等事由。
申請子女生活津貼、子女教育補助及兒童托育津貼者，前項特殊境遇家庭，應每年申請認定之。
申請人之孫子女領取本條例所定扶助，以符合第一項第五款扶養十八歲以下父母無力扶養之孫子女為限。
第一項第五款所稱父母無力扶養，係指父母均因死亡、非自願失業且未領失業給付、重大傷病、服刑或失蹤等，致無力扶養子女。
一、六十五歲以下，其配偶死亡，或失蹤經向警察機關報案協尋未獲達六個月以上。
二、因配偶惡意遺棄或受配偶不堪同居之虐待，經判決離婚確定或已完成協議離婚登記。
三、家庭暴力受害。
四、未婚懷孕婦女，懷胎三個月以上至分娩二個月內。
五、因離婚、喪偶、未婚生子獨自扶養十八歲以下子女或祖父母扶養十八歲以下父母無力扶養之孫子女，其無工作能力，或雖有工作能力，因遭遇重大傷病或照顧六歲以下子女或孫子女致不能工作。
六、配偶處一年以上之徒刑或受拘束人身自由之保安處分一年以上，且在執行中。
七、其他經直轄市、縣市政府評估因三個月內生活發生重大變故導致生活、經濟困難者，且其重大變故非因個人責任、債務、非因自願性失業等事由。
申請子女生活津貼、子女教育補助及兒童托育津貼者，前項特殊境遇家庭，應每年申請認定之。
申請人之孫子女領取本條例所定扶助，以符合第一項第五款扶養十八歲以下父母無力扶養之孫子女為限。
第一項第五款所稱父母無力扶養，係指父母均因死亡、非自願失業且未領失業給付、重大傷病、服刑或失蹤等，致無力扶養子女。