Child rights: imprisonment for maintenance defaulters?

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dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-10	en
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-13T19:04:39Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-13T19:04:39Z
dc.date.issued	2015-08-25	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-april-to-june-2015/child-rights-imprisonment-for-defaulters	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1923
dc.description.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.	en
dc.format.medium	Intranet	en
dc.subject	CHILD SUPPORT GRANT	en
dc.subject	CHILDREN	en
dc.subject	CHILDREN'S RIGHTS	en
dc.subject	CHILD WELL-BEING	en
dc.title	Child rights: imprisonment for maintenance defaulters?	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.description.version	N	en
dc.ProjectNumber	N/A	en
dc.Volume	13(2)	en
dc.BudgetYear	2015/16	en
dc.ResearchGroup	Deputy CEO: Research	en
dc.SourceTitle	HSRC Review	en
dc.ArchiveNumber	8702	en
dc.URL	http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=25338	en
dc.PageNumber	9-10	en
dc.outputnumber	7419	en
dc.bibliographictitle	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	en
dc.publicationyear	2015	en
dc.contributor.author1	Magaya, I.	en