A husband who abandoned the wife and his children. Legal steps to compel the husband to provide support.
The action is to file a petition for support with a prayer for issuance of a protection order under Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9262 (Violence against Women and Their Children). The protection order will include the relief directing the  husband to provide support by directing that an appropriate percentage of the income or salary of the husband to be withheld regularly by his employer and automatically remitted directly to the recipients. The failure to remit and/or withhold or any delay in the remittance of support without justifiable cause shall render the husband or his employer liable for indirect contempt of court.
Those entitled to support and basis of the amount
Articles 195 and 196 of the Family Code enumerate the persons who are under obligation to support each other, thus: (1) The spouses; (2) Legitimate ascendants and descendants; (3) Parents and their legitimate children and the legitimate and illegitimate children of the latter; (4) Parents and their illegitimate children and the legitimate and illegitimate children of the latter; (5) Legitimate brothers and sisters, whether of full or half-blood; and (6) Brothers and sisters not legitimately related, whether of the full or half-blood, except only when the need for support of the brother or sister, being of age, is due to a cause imputable to the claimant’s fault or negligence. On the other hand, the amount of support should be in proportion to the resources or means of the giver and the necessities of the recipient, pursuant to Articles 194, 201 and 202 of the Family Code
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