Ⅴ. Family Environment and Alternative Care for Children (Articles 5, 9~11, 18 (1) and (2), 19~21, 25, 27 (4) and 39) 1. Prohibition of Children's Separation from Their Parents (Article 9 of CRC) Female Inmates' Childcare within the Detention Facilities 48. According to Article 53, paragraph 1 of the Act on Penal Execution and Treatment of Inmates in Correctional Institutions, female inmates may apply for care of their children within the detention facilities, but they are allowed to bring up their children only until they are 18 months old, unless in exceptional cases. Currently, four female inmates at Cheongju Women's Correctional Institution, a detention facility exclusively for female inmates, take care of their children within the Institution. Although other detention facilities house female inmates, accurate information on their in-facility childcare is not available. Article 79 of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Act provides for designation and operation of the living room for childcare within the detention facilities, but it simply deals with the space arrangement. The Act does not include specific provisions on the treatment of children within the facilities, in physical, emotional and educational terms. 49. The Government needs to have an accurate understanding about the female inmates who are taking care of their children within the detention facilities and the environmental conditions of childcare, and draw up specific measures for the in-facility childcare that give the highest priority to the best interest of the children and write the measures into law. 2. Securing the Recovery of Maintenance for the Child (Article 27 (4) of CRC) (CRC/C/KOR/3-4, para. 210, 211 and 231~233; CRC/C/KOR/Q/3-4, para. 47) 50. With the revision of the Family Litigation Act in 2009, the system for property statement and property inquiry was established for the cases claiming division of property, support allowance and child support. The Government also introduced the Order for Direct Payment of Child Support, which, upon an application by a child support obligee, directly pays child support to the child support obligee by deducting the child support regularly from a child support obligor's salary if the child support obligor fails to pay the child support (CRC/C/KOR/Q/3-4, para. 47). If the parents fail to reach an agreement on childrearing matters including child support, however, the children may be left without support care. In this light, the Government should seek measures to secure substantial child care support. 13