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Economic abuse in RA 9262 or "Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004" is committed only if the deprivation of support was done TO CONTROL OR RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT of the woman or her child.

When Section 5(e) describes the act of "(2) Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or her children of financial support legally due her or her family, or deliberately providing the woman's children insufficient financial support" as an act of violence against women and children, it does so in the context of having "the purpose or effect of controlling or restricting the woman’s or her child's movement or conduct."

Such control. or restriction of movement through the use of finances may, in some cases, rise to the level of "economic abuse" as defined in Section 3(a), as it is the financial dependence which normally allows women's partners to exercise control over the woman's actions and decisions.

Sources:

Acharon v. People, G.R. No. 224946, November 9, 2021, Caguioa, J.,

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