Child rights: imprisonment for maintenance defaulters?

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Magaya, I. (2015) Child rights: imprisonment for maintenance defaulters?. HSRC Review. 13(2):9-10. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1923 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1923

http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-april-to-june-2015/child-rights-imprisonment-for-defaulters
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1923
 
Abstract:
Child support is a child's right, and the premise of the maintenance regime in this regard is to protect the child. The current South African maintenance system is flawed, says Isabel Magaya, who reviews the criminal sanctions proposed in the new Maintenance Amendment Bill (2014) to ensure that child maintenance obligations are met. Women in South Africa have great difficulty in obtaining support from those legally obliged to provide maintenance to them or their children. The blatant disregard of maintenance orders results in great hardships for these women and children. Therefore, how the maintenance system deals with recalcitrant defaulters is an important mechanism for endorsing children's rights and ensuring maintenance obligations are met. Non-payment of maintenance is a children's rights issue.
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25 Aug 2015
 
CHILD SUPPORT GRANT
CHILDREN
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
CHILD WELL-BEING
 
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